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The glossary contains some general key concepts from philosophy.

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Fatalism is the doctrine that certain events are fated to happen, no matter what. This might mean that an event is fated to take place at a specific time, or that someone is going to do some deed, no ...

Domain: Philosophy; Category: General philosophy

Feminism is an intellectual, social, and political movement. The movement is very diverse, but one strand that runs through all varieties is the conviction that important intellectual, social, and ...

Domain: Philosophy; Category: General philosophy

There are two quite different uses of the term idea in philosophy. The term idea is used for the denizens of Plato's heaven. Sometimes form is used as a less misleading translation of eidos. Plato's ...

Domain: Philosophy; Category: General philosophy

The mind-body problem is the problem of accounting for the way in which our minds interact with or are related to our bodies. The mind-body problem thus comprises a central area of the subfield of ...

Domain: Philosophy; Category: General philosophy

Naturalism is a powerful if somewhat vague philosophical view, with both epistemological and metaphysical sides. All knowledge derives from the methods we use to study the natural world, ...

Domain: Philosophy; Category: General philosophy

In discussions about the philosophical problem of evil, a distinction is commonly made between moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil is (roughly) evil that is brought about by the bad actions of ...

Domain: Philosophy; Category: General philosophy

Platonism refers to the philosophy of Plato (428–348 B.C.) and the movements specifically inspired by it. Uncapitalized, platonism has become a technical term in ontology for those who countenance ...

Domain: Philosophy; Category: General philosophy

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