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The study of the universe in its structure and functioning
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Cosmology
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View or belief that all things are predetermined by either a personal being (God) or an impersonal force (fate).
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Determinism
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The notion that there are two sources of being that are eternally opposed to each other.
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Dualism
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Branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge (in particular, its foundations, scope, and validity).
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Epistemology
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Any theory or worldview that regards reality as consisting primarily of intellectual processes or the mind, and that material things do not exist independently but only as constructions of the mind.
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Idealism
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Belief that reality consists Of exclusively physical matter; and that spiritual, nonmaterial realities are nonexistent or irrelevant.
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Materialism
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Any inquiry into matters of ultimate importance; the nature of being, existence, time, space and causality.
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Metaphysics
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Philosophical belief that Moral truths or external objects exist independently of the individual mind or perception.
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Objectivism
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The branch of metaphysics that deals witht he nature of being.
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Ontology
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A philosophy or method of inquiry based on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as they are perceived or understood in human consciousness and not anything independent of human consciousness.
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Phenomenology
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The branch of study (or a system of thought)at deals with the systematic examination of basic concepts, such as truth, existence, reality, and freedom.
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Philosophy
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Any system of thought or methodology of research that employs reason as the final measure of truth.
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Rationalism
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Philosophical idea that truth is not absolute (Skepticism) but relative to particular societies, cognitive systems, or the historical epochs in which different societies function.
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Relativism
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The philosophical doctrine that holds that true knowledge is not possible.
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Skepticism
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A theory stating that people can only have knowledge of what they experience directly.
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Subjectivism
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