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agnosticism - answer (philosophical term) the view that the existence of
God, of the divine or the supernatural is unknown or unknowable. Another
definition provided is the view that "human reason is incapable of
providing sufficient rational grounds to justify either the belief that God
exists or the belief that God does not exist."
deism - answer (philosophical term) belief in the existence of a supreme
being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe. The
term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th
centuries that accepted the existence of a creator on the basis of reason
but rejected belief in a supernatural deity who interacts with humankind.
dialectic - answer (philosophical term) the art of investigating or
discussing the truth of opinions.
dichotomy - answer (philosophical term) a division or contrast between
two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely
different.
eclecticism - answer (philosophical term) the theories or methods of the
ancient Eclectic philosophers, who did not belong to or found any
recognized school of thought but selected doctrines from various schools
of thought.
epistemology - answer (philosophical term) the theory of knowledge,
especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is
the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
Questions relating to the nature of truth and how it is acquired.
faith - answer (philosophical term) complete trust or confidence in
someone or something. strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a
religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
, logocentrism - answer (philosophical term) a term coined by the German
philosopher Ludwig Klages in the early 1900s. It refers to the tradition of
Western science and philosophy that regards words and language as a
fundamental expression of an external reality. Knowledge deriving from
written or spoken words rather than from images
materialism - answer (philosophical term) the doctrine that nothing
exists except matter and its movements and modifications. a tendency to
consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important
than spiritual values.
ontology - answer (philosophical term) the branch of philosophy that
studies concepts such as existence, being, becoming, and reality. It
includes the questions of how entities are grouped into basic categories
and which of these entities exist on the most fundamental level.
pantheism - answer (philosophical term) Pantheism is the belief that
reality is identical with divinity, or that all-things compose an all-
encompassing, immanent god.
reason - answer (philosophical term) in philosophy, the faculty or process
of drawing logical inferences. ... Reason is in opposition to sensation,
perception, feeling, desire, as the faculty (the existence of which is denied
by empiricists) by which fundamental truths are intuitively apprehended.
teleology - answer (philosophical term) the explanation of phenomena in
terms of the purpose they serve rather than of the cause by which they
arise. Teleology or finality is a reason or explanation for something as a
function of its end, purpose, or goal, as opposed to as a function of, say,
its cause. A purpose that is imposed by a human use, such as that of a
fork, is called extrinsic.
behaviorism - answer (more of a method than a theory; leans toward
transmission). B.F. Skinner's behavior modification. We usually pair this as
a tool to use with "essentialism"
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