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Concepts
The topic of concepts lies at the intersection of semantics and philosophy of mind. A concept is supposed to be a constituent of a thought (or ‘proposition’) rather ...
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God, concepts of
We think of God as an ultimate reality, the source or ground of all else, perfect and deserving of worship. Such a conception is common to both Eastern ...
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God, concepts of
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Those whose conceptions of God stem from the major Eastern and Western religions think of God as an ultimate reality, the source or ground of all else, perfect ...
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Legal concepts
Concept-formation is an important component of law-formation. Well-developed legal orders are profoundly conceptual in nature. Throughout Western legal history, legislators have aimed at basing their law-making on concepts ...
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Analysis, conceptual
see Conceptual analysis.
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Conceptual role semantics
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Illusion, Indian concepts of
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Virtue, Indian conceptions of
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Aesthetic concepts
Aesthetic concepts are the concepts associated with the terms that pick out aesthetic properties referred to in descriptions and evaluations of experiences involving artistic and aesthetic objects and ...
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Conceptual analysis
A distinction must be made between the philosophical theory of conceptual analysis and the historical philosophical movement of Conceptual Analysis. ...
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Consequence, conceptions of
The idea of one proposition’s following from others – of their implying it – is central to argument. It is, however, an idea that comes with a history ...
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God, Indian conceptions of
In the Ṛg Veda, the oldest text in India, many gods and goddesses are mentioned by name; most of them appear to be deifications of natural powers, such ...
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Knowledge, concept of
The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and extent of human knowledge is called epistemology (from the Greek epistēmē meaning knowledge, and logos meaning theory). ...
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Knowledge, concept of
The word ‘know’ is exceptional for a number of reasons. It is one of the ten most commonly used verbs in English, alongside basic verbs like ‘be’, ‘do’, ...
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Mental illness, concept of
The mad were once thought to be wicked or possessed, whereas now they are generally thought to be sick, or mentally ill. Usually, this is regarded as a ...
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Semantics, conceptual role
According to conceptual role semantics (CRS), the meaning of a representation is the role of that representation in the cognitive life of the agent, for example, in perception, ...
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Society, concept of
The term ‘society’ is broader than ‘human society’. Many other species are described as possessing a social way of life. Yet mere gregariousness, of the kind found in ...
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Emptiness, Buddhist concept of
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Heaven, Chinese concept of
see Tian.
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Buddhist concept of emptiness
‘Emptiness’ or ‘voidness’ is an expression used in Buddhist thought primarily to mark a distinction between the way things appear to be and the way they actually are, ...
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Definition, Indian concepts of
Definitions in Indian philosophy are conceived very differently from definitions in Western philosophy. In Western philosophy and logic, it is usual to define a term or a linguistic ...
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Heaven, Indian conceptions of
Heaven is an important part of Indian religious cosmology and also figures strongly in Indian philosophical discourse. In the cosmologies of the early period of Indian thought, from ...
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Matter, Indian conceptions of
During the long and complex history of Indian philosophy, a number of divergent conceptions of matter have been developed and explored. These conceptions diverge both with respect to ...
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Non-conceptual content
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Content, non-conceptual
To say that a mental state has intentional content is to say that it represents features of the world. The intentional content of a belief can be characterized ...
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