| dynamism |
any of various philosophical theories that hold that natural phenomena are based in force or energy. [1/2 definitions] |
| enlightenment |
(cap.) an eighteenth century philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason. [1/2 definitions] |
| freewill |
of or relating to the religious or philosophical doctrine of freedom of the will. [1/2 definitions] |
| Hegelian |
one who espouses or is an expert on Hegel's philosophical principles. [1/2 definitions] |
| logic |
the drawing of conclusions based on given premises or observed facts; reasoning, or the philosophical study of reasoning. [1/6 definitions] |
| macrobiotics |
(used with a sing. verb) a philosophical view that emphasizes living in harmony with nature, esp. through a diet of whole grains and vegetables, which is thought to promote long life. |
| materialist |
an advocate of the ideas of philosophical materialism. [1/2 definitions] |
| meditation |
a piece of contemplative, philosophical writing or discourse. [1/2 definitions] |
| modernism |
(sometimes cap.) in writing, painting, music, and other arts, the use of forms and styles to reflect the social and philosophical fragmentation of modern life. [1/2 definitions] |
| Neoplatonism |
a philosophical school and doctrine founded by Plotinus in the third century A.D. that asserts that all existence flows from a single source, with which the soul seeks to unite. |
| nonphilosophical |
combined form of philosophical. |
| ontological |
of or pertaining to the philosophical study of existence and the nature of reality. |
| ontology |
the philosophical study of existence and the nature of reality. |
| pantheism |
the religious or philosophical doctrine that God is in all things and all things are part of God. |
| phenomenology |
the philosophical study of phenomena, esp. of subjective perceptual experience, as distinguished from ontology, the study of being. |
| philosophe |
any of the leading philosophical, political, and social writers of the eighteenth-century French Enlightenment. |
| pragmatist |
one who accepts the philosophical theory that the meaning or truth of something is derived from its effects or consequences. [1/3 definitions] |
| purism |
uncompromising exactness and strictness with regard to long-established standards, as of language or political or philosophical belief. [1/2 definitions] |
| quodlibet |
a formal debate or argument, as on a theological or philosophical problem. [1/2 definitions] |
| relativism |
the philosophical theory that all bases of judgment are relative to time, place, or situation. |
| scholasticism |
(sometimes cap.) the prevailing system of medieval theological and philosophical teaching, based on the authority of the early Christian church fathers and on Aristotelian logic. [1/2 definitions] |