Philosophical Traditions 1-24
24 entries in the Philosophical Traditions compendium.
Absolute (philosophy)A self-sufficient reality transcending all limitation and relativity.Abductive reasoningLogical inference seeking simplest, most likely conclusions from observations.Act utilitarianismEthical theory judging acts by their specific outcomes.Allegory of the cavePlato's allegory comparing education's effect on human nature.American philosophyAmerican philosophy reflects and shapes collective American identity.Ancient philosophyAncient philosophy spans multiple cultures from the Axial Age to early medieval thought.AntinatalismPhilosophical view that procreation is unethical.AntitheismPhilosophical position that theism should be opposed.Applied ethicsPractical moral reasoning for real-world dilemmas across professions.Aristotelian ethicsEthics as the pursuit of virtue for human flourishing.AristotelianismPhilosophical tradition inspired by Aristotle's logic, ethics, and metaphysics.AtomismPhilosophy that all matter is composed of indivisible atoms.BiasA systematic deviation from accurate judgment or fairness.BioethicsField studying ethical issues in health, biology, and medicine.Categorical imperativeCentral concept in Kant's deontological moral philosophy.CausalityCausality is the influence by which a cause produces an effect.ChoiceChoice is the range of different things from which a being can choose.Cogito, ergo sumI think, therefore I am: Descartes' first principle of knowledge.ConsequentialismEthical theory judging acts by their consequences.Continental philosophyA diverse family of Western philosophies outside analytic tradition.Contingency (philosophy)A statement that is neither necessary nor impossible.Cosmological argumentArgument for God's existence from causation or contingency.DeconstructionA method of analyzing text by exposing its internal contradictions.Deductive-nomological modelFormal model posing scientific explanation as deductive structure.
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