Trending Philosophical Concepts in China this month
The 100 most-viewed philosophical concepts this month on Wikipedia (China). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: pre-established harmony.
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pre-established harmony
philosophical theory that every substance affects only itself, but substances seem to causally interact with each other because God has prog
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store-house consciousness
in the Yogacara school of Buddhism, the fundamental part of consciousness that receives impressions from the other consciousnesses and retai
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world
term ambiguously referring to any of: the whole of reality, the universe, the Earth and all life upon it, or human civilization
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Tao
in East Asian philosophy and religions, the source and fundamental principle of the universe
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eternal return
philosophical concept regarding infinite continuance of the universe
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role-playing game
game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting
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absurdism
the conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any; does not mean 'logic
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knowledge
awareness of facts, familiarity with individuals and situations, or practical skill; encompasses descriptive, procedural, and acquaintance k
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robustness
ability of an object, system, or property to tolerate or resist perturbations that might affect its behavior
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morality
normative standard evaluating actions and character traits as right or wrong, virtuous or vicious, honorable or disgraceful; varies across i
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free will
ability of agents to be the ultimate source or originator of their choices, free from external determination
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Taiyi
Taoist concept and deity
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รbermensch
concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
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emergence
phenomenon whereby larger entities arise through interactions among smaller/simpler entities such that the larger entities exhibit propertie
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empathy
capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the latter's frame of reference
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antinomy
real or apparent mutual incompatibility of two laws
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dualism
philosophical or religious belief in two fundamental substances or principles, which often oppose each other
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logos
term in Western philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and religion
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Five Relationships
Confucian concept described by Mencius
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proposition
idea that is true or false and may be expressed in a declarative sentence
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categorical imperative
central concept in Kantian moral philosophy
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chaos
state of absence of order
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fundamentalism
unwavering attachment to a set of irreducible beliefs
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agency
capacity of an agent to act in a world and make own decisions
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paradigm
distinct conceptual or thought pattern
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Apollonian and Dionysian
terms representing a dichotomy/dialectic between rationality and emotion
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pain
type of unpleasant feeling
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essence
property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is
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reductionism
philosophical view explaining systems in terms of smaller parts
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masterโslave morality
central theme of Friedrich Nietzsche's works
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thing-in-itself
in Kantian philosophy, an object as it is, independent of observation, which one cannot know directly
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psyche
psychological term refering to the group of acts and functions of the mind
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ฤtman
Hindu concept for inner self or essence as mere consciousness
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social atomism
sociological theory, regarding the individual as the basic unit of analysis for all implications of social life
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Dasein
German term meaning "existence", concept from Heidegger's philosophy
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Junzi
ancient Chinese philosophical term for an ideal person
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kairos
right or opportune moment, as concept in ancient Greek philosophy
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amala-vijรฑฤna
Buddhist philosophical concepts
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intergenerational equity
concept of fairness or justice between generations
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epochรฉ
theoretical moment where all judgments about the existence of the external world is suspended
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abductive reasoning
form of logical inference that seeks the best conclusion that explains a set of given observations
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sentience
capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively
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honor
abstract concept entailing a perceived quality of worthiness and respectability
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Untermensch
German word meaning "subhuman"; used in Nazi Germany
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perennial philosophy
15th-century philosophical idea that views all religious traditions as sharing a single truth or origin
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essentialism
view that every entity has identifying attributes
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self-cultivation
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will
faculty of the mind which intentionally selects the strongest desire from among the various desires present
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cultural hegemony
marxist notion of cultural dominance
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transcendence
concept designating the extra-categorical attributes of beings
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mindโbody problem
open question in philosophy of how abstract minds interact with physical bodies
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self-criticism
in Marxism-Leninism, the method of criticising ones shortcomings as opposed to concealing them
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spirit
philosophy and religious concept of the animating essence within humans
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unity of opposites
central category of dialectics, said to be related to non-duality in a deep sense
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productive forces
in Marxism, the combination of the means of labor (tools, machinery, land, infrastructureโฆ) with human labor power
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category
in Kantian philosophy, a pure concept of the understanding (Verstand); a characteristic of the appearance of any object in general, before i
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hypostasis
shared existence of spiritual or corporal entities
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pneuma
ancient Greek word for "breath"
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Aufheben
transformative process in which something is preserved, negated, and elevated to a higher state or synthesis
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culture industry
expression suggesting that popular culture is used to manipulate mass society into passivity
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universalism
philosophical and theological concept that some ideas have universal application or applicability
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law of noncontradiction
theorem of logic
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biophilia hypothesis
hypothesis that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life
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category of being
philosophical concept
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structure
arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in an object or system, or the object or system so organized
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monad
philosophical concept
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reason
capacity for consciously making sense of things
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selection
act of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one or more of them
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accountability
concept of responsibility in ethics, governance and decision-making
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apeiron
philosophical concept
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holism
philosophical position that systems should be analyzed as wholes, not just as collections of parts
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event
objects in time or instantiations of properties in objects (in philosophy)
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identity of indiscernibles
impossibility for separate objects to have all their properties in common
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solipsism
philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist
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ฤstika and nฤstika
religious term
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finitism
philosophy of mathematics that accepts the existence only of finite mathematical objects
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restorative justice
approach to justice where victims and perpetrators mediate a restitution agreement
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objectivity
central philosophical concept, related to reality and truth
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attribute
property (philosophy, ontology)
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supervenience
relation between sets of properties or sets of facts, in which some difference is necessary in the latter for a difference in the former to
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necessary evil
evil that is believed must be done or accepted because it is necessary to achieve a better outcome
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useโmention distinction
in analytic philosophy, a distinction between using a word or phrase and mentioning it
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Verstehen
social science conception of understanding and relation
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unmoved mover
postulated ultimate cause of all activity in the universe
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musica universalis
ancient philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies as a form of music
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ๆตฉ็ถไนๆฐฃ
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randomness
apparent lack of pattern or predictability in events
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player versus environment
video game or mode in a video game in which the player fights computer-controlled enemies
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Giri
duty as one of the Japanese values
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ataraxia
ancient Greek philosophical concept
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possible world
in philosophy, a complete and consistent way the world is or could have been
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noumenon
in philosophy, a posited object or event that exists independently of human sense and/or concept, unlike a phenomenon
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Li
[็] a concept found in Neo-Confucian Chinese philosophy
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preference
greater liking for one alternative over another or others
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Aletheia
philosophical concept, state of not being hidden; the state of being evident
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subject-object split
term coined by Karl Jaspers to refer to an epistemological basic structure
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personal identity
philosophical idea of a person having a unique existence
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distributive justice
concept of the socially just allocation of goods
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the Void
manifestation of nothingness
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agape
Greco-Christian term referring to a type of love
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