philosophical doctrine
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1. a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | aesthetic, esthetic, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | aristotelianism, peripateticism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | conceptualism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | confucianism, |
| definition | : | the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | deconstruction, deconstructionism, |
| definition | : | a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | environmentalism, |
| definition | : | the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | determinism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | formalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | hereditarianism, |
| definition | : | the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | idealism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | intuitionism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | logicism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logic (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | materialism, physicalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | mechanism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | mentalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | nativism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | naturalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | neoplatonism, |
| definition | : | a system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | nominalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | operationalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | platonism, realism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | pragmatism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | probabilism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | rationalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | naive realism, realism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | relativism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | scholasticism, |
| definition | : | the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | semiology, semiotics, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | sensationalism, sensualism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | solipsism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | stoicism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | subjectivism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | daoism, taoism, |
| definition | : | philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | teleology, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | traditionalism, |
| definition | : | the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | vitalism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry (noun.cognition) |
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