This page gathers the 2,147 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Philosophy”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 13 of 22: from “metapsychology” to “Neo-Kantianism”.
- metapsychology noun The study of how human experience forms, filters perception and shapes identity.
- metaspace noun A space transcending ordinary physical space, such as cyberspace.
- metavariable noun A symbol or string of symbols belonging to a metalanguage and standing for elements of some object language.
- metempirics noun The concepts and relations conceived as beyond, and yet related to, knowledge gained through experience.
- methexis noun The relation between a particular and a Platonic form.
- methodic adj Chosen for the sake of its effect, rather than for its own sake; sometimes distinguished from real.
- Methonean adj Of or relating to Methone in Greek mythology.
- Metidian adj Of or relating to the Oceanid Metis in Greek mythology.
- micropsychism noun The belief that the physical world is independent of the mind, and that some ultimates have experiential properties that are fundamentally…
- middle term noun The term of a syllogism that appears in both the major premise and the minor premise, but not in the conclusion.
- Midgardian noun an inhabitant of Midgard
- midsphere noun A supposed realm between earth and heaven.
- militant noun Someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant.
- Mimantean adj Of or relating to the giant Mimas in Greek mythology
- mimetic desire noun A desire that is imitative, and not related to the desired object's intrinsic value, based on the idea that human desires arise from…
- mind noun The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- mind-body adj Describing the physical action of the mind on the body, especially the mode in which a thought can cause an action.
- minor adj Acting as the subject of the second premise of a categorical syllogism, which then also acts as the subject of its conclusion.
- minor premise noun The second premise in a categorical syllogism, whose subject is the minor term and whose predicate is the middle term.
- minyan noun A member of a race said to be autochthonous to the Aegean area.
- missing time noun A time period of amnesia or a gap in conscious memory reported by individuals who have experienced alien abduction.
- mobilism noun The view that nothing is fixed.
- modal noun A modal (etymology 1, adjective sense 4) proposition.
- modal logic noun Any formal system that attempts to deal with modalities, such as possibility and necessity, but also obligation and permission.
- modality noun The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.
- mode noun That which exists only as a quality of substance.
- model noun An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- modification noun The form of existence belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a mode of being.
- modus ponendo ponens noun A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the…
- modus ponendo tollens noun A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the infirmation of the…
- modus ponens noun A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the…
- modus tollendo ponens noun A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is negated, thereby entailing the affirmation of the…
- modus tollendo tollens noun A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is infirmed, thereby entailing the infirmation of the…
- modus tollens noun A valid form of argument in which the consequent of a conditional proposition is denied, thus implying the denial of the antecedent. Modus…
- moirai noun The three Fates, personifications of destiny.
- moly noun A magic herb or plant used by Odysseus to overcome Circe.
- monad noun An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
- monadic adj of, relating to, or being a monad
- monadic predicate logic noun The fragment of predicate logic in which all predicate letters are monadic (that is, they take only one argument), and there are no…
- monadic second-order logic noun A formal deductive system which extends first-order logic by the ability to quantify over unary predicates over individual members of the…
- monadism noun A metaphysical theory of monads, introduced by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, based on elementary particles with blurred perceptions of one…
- money tree noun A kind of holy tree believed to bring money and good fortune.
- monism noun The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
- monodynamism noun The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force, be it God, or life, or something else.
- monoletheism noun The idea that every proposition has at most one truth value, synonymous with the Law of Non-Contradiction.
- monome noun An expression with a single term, such as a product of numeric variables (with no addition) or a conjunction of possibly negated Boolean…
- monovalence noun The view, dating from Parmenides, that whatever exists must always have existed and cannot ever change or cease to exist.
- monster boar noun A fictional or mythologized boar, such as the Erymanthian Boar or the Calydonian Boar.
- moon noun The thirty-second Lenormand card.
- moon sign noun The zodiac sign occupied by the Moon at the exact time of a person’s birth, believed to represent their emotional nature, instincts, and…
- moral code noun A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.
- moral compass noun An inner sense that distinguishes right from wrong, functioning as a guide for morally appropriate behavior.
- moral futurism noun The moral stance of accepting that moral system that is probably going to be dominant in the future.
- moral imperative noun A practice, policy, or state of affairs which is required and justified by the fact that it is morally right.
- moral minimum noun A standard or principle upheld as indispensable for moral conduct, whether within a particular context or in general.
- moral realism noun The metaphysical belief that morality exists objectively, so that at least some actions, thoughts and behavior are morally good or morally…
- moral relativism noun Any of several philosophical positions concerned with the differences in moral judgments across different people and cultures.
- moron noun A hypothetical particle whose existence and configuration can make a moral judgment true.
- motion noun from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and…
- motivity noun The power to cause movement, especially as an inherent mental faculty.
- motte and bailey noun A form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two similar positions, one modest and easier to defend (the "motte")…
- mountain noun The twenty-first Lenormand card.
- mujina noun A badger. In some regions the term refers instead to the Japanese raccoon dog. In Japanese folklore, like the fox and the tanuki, they are…
- multiplism noun The philosophical strategy that asserts the validity of multiple differing interpretations.
- multiverse noun The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability.
- mutable adj Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.
- mutually exclusive adj Describing multiple events or propositions such that the occurrence of any one implies the nonoccurrence of all other events or…
- myrmidon noun One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, in the Trojan War.
- mystical marriage noun A profound spiritual union between the human soul and God, often depicted as an intimate, transformative bond akin to spousal love.
- mysticism noun A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- mystory noun A pedagogical genre encouraging the exploration of history as an open-minded individual rather than an analytical historian following…
- mythopoet noun a writer of mythic poetry; a mythopoeic writer.
- mythopoetic adj Given the quality of a myth or a poem, used typically in opposition to a purely factual account.
- n- prefix Indicating an arbitrary number of elements.
- n-adic adj Having a valency of n.
- nahual noun An animal form which a person may take.
- nahuelito noun A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina.
- naiad noun A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
- Naiadian adj Of or relating to the Naiads in Greek mythology.
- nart noun Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and…
- natality noun The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.
- nativism noun The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
- nativity noun Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth.
- natural astrology noun The divination by astrology of events in the natural world (such as plant growth and tides), as opposed to judicial astrology.
- natural law noun The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles.
- naturalism noun Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws…
- naturalist noun A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism.
- neartermism noun An ethical theory which prioritizes improving the conditions of the present and near future, rather than thinking about the distant future…
- neartermist noun A believer or follower of neartermism.
- nebris noun The skin of a fawn, as worn by Dionysus, and as worn in his honor by his male followers and female followers (maenads) and other votaries…
- necessarianism noun An extreme form of determinism that holds that all phenomena, including the will, are subject to immutable rules of cause and effect…
- necessitation noun Necessity, understood as a logical or other philosophical principle, or as a law or force of nature.
- necessitude noun Necessity.
- nectar noun The drink of the gods.
- negation noun A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately…
- negative adj Denying a proposition; negating a concept.
- negative utilitarianism noun A form of utilitarianism that says we should minimize the total amount of aggregate suffering, or that we should minimize suffering and…
- negatum noun The proposition that is to be negated.
- Nemesian adj Of or relating to the Greek god Nemesis.
- Neo-Kantianism noun A revived philosophy along the lines of that laid down by Immanuel Kant in the 18th century, or more specifically by Schopenhauer's…