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Solipsism and Free Will: Philosophy Vocabulary

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a priori
adjective
not based on prior study or examination; involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to the expected facts or effects
experience
noun
the totality of the cognitions given by perception; all that is perceived, understood, and remembered
freedom
noun
the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint; self-determination
ideology
noun
the study of the nature and origin of ideas; a system that derives ideas exclusively from sensation
essence
noun
the inward nature or true substance of anything, as opposed to what is accidental, phenomenal or illusory
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substantial
adjective
pertaining to the nature of a idea or value rather than an accident or attribute
necessity
noun
the quality of following inevitably from logical, physical, or moral laws
reality
noun
something that exists independently of ideas concerning it
solipsism
noun
the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist
subsistence
noun
existence an independent entity or the quality of having timeless or abstract existence
existentialism
noun
a philosophical attitude associated with Sartre that stresses the individual's unique position as an agent responsible for the authenticity of choices
consciousness
noun
the mind or the mental faculties as characterized by thought, feelings, and volition
intelligible
adjective
apprehensible by the mind only; conceptual
teleology
noun
the study of design and purpose in nature, or the doctrine that phenomena are guided not only by mechanical forces but move toward self-realization
individualism
noun
the doctrine that all actions are determined by, or at least take place for, the benefit of the individual, not of society as a whole
empiricism
noun
the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience
subsist
verb
to have timeless or abstract existence, as a number, relation, to have independent existence
fatalism
noun
the doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable predetermination
relativism
noun
any theory holding that criteria of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their environments
immediacy
noun
presence of an object of knowledge to the mind, without distortions, inferences, or interpretations, or without involvement of intermediate agencies
free will
noun
the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine forces
activism
noun
a theory that the essence of reality is pure activity, especially spiritual activity, and process
intersubjective
adjective
comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language
materially
adverb
with regard to matter or substance as distinguished from form
individuation
noun
the determination or contraction of a general nature to an individual mode of existence; development of the individual from the general
intellectualism
noun
the doctrine that knowledge is wholly or chiefly derived from pure reason; the belief that reason is the final principle of reality
phronesis
noun
wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them
inherence
noun
the relation of an attribute to its subject
conventionalism
noun
the view that fundamental principles are validated by definition, agreement, or convention
interactionism
noun
a theory that the mind and the body may each affect the other
ideality
noun
existence only in idea and not in reality
conceptualism
noun
any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts
apriorism
noun
belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles
pragmatic theory
noun
the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience
naive realism
noun
the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is
ontological argument
noun
an a priori argument for the existence of God: as existence is a perfection, and God is conceived as the most perfect being, therefore God must exist
perspectivism
noun
the doctrine that reality is known only in terms of the perspectives of it seen by individuals or groups at particular moments
indeterminism
noun
the doctrine that human actions, influenced by psychological conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain certain freedom and spontaneity
law of parsimony
noun
a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions
cosmological argument
noun
an argument for the existence of God: the contingency of each entity, the universe composed of such entities, demands an adequate external cause
interiorism
noun
a theory that truth is discovered by introspection rather than by examination of the outside world
self-determinism
noun
a theory that every present state or condition of the self is a result of previous states or conditions of the self
conceptual realism
noun
the doctrine that universals have real and independent existence
actualism
noun
the doctrine that all reality is animate or in motion
subjective idealism
noun
a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas
immoralism
noun
indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality
objective idealism
noun
the act of experiencing has a reality combining and transcending the natures of the object experienced or the mind of the observer
coherence theory
noun
the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things
correspondence theory
noun
the theory of truth that a statement is rendered true by the existence of a fact with corresponding elements and a similar structure
act
noun
activity in process; form as determining essence, a state of realization as opposed to potentiality
matter
noun
that which by integrative organization forms chemical substances and living things
mechanism
noun
the view that all biological processes may be described in physicochemical terms
nihilism
noun
an extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth; nothingness or nonexistence
rationalism
noun
the doctrine that reason alone is a source of knowledge and is independent of experience, and that all knowledge can be expressed in propositions
skeptic
noun
a member of a school of ancient Greece maintaining that real knowledge is impossible; any later thinker who doubts the possibility of real knowledge
being
noun
that which has actuality either materially or in idea, absolute existence in a complete or perfect state, lacking no essential characteristic
dualism
noun
the view that there are just two mutually irreducible substances: material or mental
idea
noun
a concept developed by the mind of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal
gradualism
noun
a theory maintaining that two conflicting notions are not radically opposed but related by others in varying degrees of the character of both
substance
noun
something that exists by itself and in which accidents or attributes inhere; that which receives modifications and is not itself a mode
intuition
noun
an immediate cognition of an object not inferred or determined by a previous cognition of the same object
methodology
noun
the underlying principles and rules of organization of a philosophical system or inquiry procedure
subjective
adjective
relating to the nature of an object as it is known in the mind as distinct from a thing in itself
understanding
noun
the power of abstract thought; logical power
transcendental
adjective
beyond accidental in human experience, but not beyond all human knowledge; theories explaining what is objective as the contribution of the mind
phenomenon
noun
an appearance or immediate object of awareness in experience
self
noun
the ego; that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, as contrasted with that known or remembered

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