philosophical theory

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philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophyphilosophical doctrinedoctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or schoolaesthetic, esthetic - (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"Aristotelianism, peripateticism - (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science; "Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought"conceptualism - the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the applicationConfucianism - 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 Chinadeconstruction, deconstructionism - 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 meaningempiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experienceenvironmentalism - the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growthexistential philosophy, existentialism, existentialist philosophy - (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselvesdeterminism - (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free willformalism - (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 applicationshereditarianism - the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growthidealism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only realityintuitionism - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuitionlogicism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logicphysicalism, materialism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only realitymechanism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causesmentalism - (philosophy) a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awarenessnativism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innatenaturalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanationsNeoplatonism - 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; "Neoplatonism was predominant in pagan Europe until the 6th century"; "Neoplatonism was a major influence on early Christian writers and on later medieval and Renaissance thought and on Islamic philosophy"nominalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their nameoperationalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying itPlatonism, realism - (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their namespragmatism - (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and valueprobabilism - (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and actionrationalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experiencenaive realism, realism - (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceivedrelativism - (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involvedScholasticism - the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fatherssemiology, semiotics - (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbolssensualism, sensationalism - (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is goodsolipsism - (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to existStoicism - (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zenosubjectivism - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience

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noun a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy

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