philosophical concept
concept used in philosophy
reason
the capacity of consciously making sense of things, applying logic, and adapting or justifying practices, institutions, and beliefs based on new or existing information
empathy
capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the latter's frame of reference
supervenience
relation between sets of properties or sets of facts, in which some difference is necessary in the latter for a difference in the former to be possible
aporia
philosophical or rhetorical concept of a state of puzzlement or expression of doubt
abductive reasoning
form of logical inference that seeks the best conclusion that explains a set of given observations
Homo faber
philosophical concept that human beings are able to control their fate and their environment as a result of the use of tools
mimesis
term used in literary criticism and philosophy that carries a range of meanings spanning from imitatio, imitation, to nonsensuous similarity, receptivity, representation, mimicry
the Real
remainder of reality that cannot be expressed, and which surpasses reasoning
apperception
several aspects of perception and consciousness
apprehension
model of consciousness
atmosphere
(architecture and spatial design:) sensorial qualities that a space emits
ontological difference
Difference between being and existence in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
possible world
in philosophy, a complete and consistent way the world is or could have been
anima mundi
intrinsic connection between all living things on the planet
misology
distrust or hatred of reason or reasoning
Immaterialism
philosophical denial of the existence of matter
eidos
term in ancient philosophy
infinity
philosophical concept
polarity in philosophy
state in which two entities are opposites but interdependent
schema
Kantian term referring to how perceptions are matched to concepts
sympathy
term in medicine
totality
sum of all facets of reality
leap of faith
in religion and philosophy, the act of believing in or accepting something outside the boundaries of reason
passions
philosophical concept
temporality
concept in philosophy
universal
in metaphysics, repeatable or recurrent qualities that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things
being in itself
self-contained and fully realized being of objects
class
group of things derived from extensional or intensional definition (philosophy)
distinction
fundamental philosophical abstraction; the recognition of difference
exclusion principle
philosophical principle
innateness hypothesis
expression coined by Hilary Putnam to refer to a linguistic theory of language acquisition which holds that at least some knowledge about language exists in humans at birth.
minority
philosophical concept developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari
Natural Supernaturalism
Carlyle's notion in "Sartor Resartus" of the supernatural found latent in the natural and manifesting itself in it, or of the miraculous in the common and everyday course of things
open texture
philosophical term introduced by Friedrich Waismann
truth-value link
concept in metaphysics discussed in debates between philosophical realism and anti-realism
idol
term in philosophy
involution
in the philosophy of Deleuze, an ontological concept in which a process or object is “turned in” upon itself
bifurcation of nature
philosophical concept introduced by Alfred North Whitehead
Writing in philosophy
writing as a philosophical subject
yin
Chinese metaphysical concept, representing negative or passive aspects
interaction
kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another
cultural hegemony
marxist notion of cultural dominance
holism
philosophical position that systems should be analyzed as wholes, not just as collections of parts
validity
Property, philosophical term
inherence
Empedocles' idea, further developed by Plato and Aristotle, that the qualities of matter come from the relative proportions of each of the four classical Greek elements entering into a thing
Dasein
German term meaning "existence", concept from Heidegger's philosophy
absolute
reality where no doubt exists
third man argument
philosophical criticism of Plato's theory of Forms