Trending Philosophical Concepts in Germany this year
The 100 most-viewed philosophical concepts this year on Wikipedia (Germany). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: categorical imperative.
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categorical imperative
central concept in Kantian moral philosophy
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monad
philosophical concept
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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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transcendence
concept designating the extra-categorical attributes of beings
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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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kairos
right or opportune moment, as concept in ancient Greek philosophy
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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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รbermensch
concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
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solipsism
philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist
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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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eudaimonia
Aristotelian term for happiness or welfare
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holism
philosophical position that systems should be analyzed as wholes, not just as collections of parts
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paradigm
distinct conceptual or thought pattern
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katechon
Christian philosophical concept
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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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logos
term in Western philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and religion
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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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agape
Greco-Christian term referring to a type of love
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role-playing game
game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting
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Tongan castaways
six boys who became shipwrecked on the deserted remote island of สปAta
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fundamentalism
unwavering attachment to a set of irreducible beliefs
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Heimat
German expression with a variety of meanings and multiple dimensions, basically translating to 'home', 'homeland', or 'native land'
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eternal return
philosophical concept regarding infinite continuance of the universe
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Episteme
philosophical concept referring to a structure system of knowledge
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spirit
philosophy and religious concept of the animating essence within humans
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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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mimesis
term used in literary criticism and philosophy that carries a range of meanings spanning from imitatio, imitation, to nonsensuous similarity
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psyche
psychological term refering to the group of acts and functions of the mind
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Untermensch
German word meaning "subhuman"; used in Nazi Germany
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interaction
kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another
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pain
type of unpleasant feeling
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exegesis
critical and systematic interpretation of a text, especially religious or literary works
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ataraxia
ancient Greek philosophical concept
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aporia
philosophical or rhetorical concept of a state of puzzlement or expression of doubt
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hypostasis
shared existence of spiritual or corporal entities
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Tao
in East Asian philosophy and religions, the source and fundamental principle of the universe
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reason
capacity for consciously making sense of things
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unchastity
broad moral or religious concept for sexual conduct regarded as unchaste or immoral
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dualism
philosophical or religious belief in two fundamental substances or principles, which often oppose each other
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ฤtman
Hindu concept for inner self or essence as mere consciousness
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substance
basic ontological concept
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immanence
theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
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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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honor
abstract concept entailing a perceived quality of worthiness and respectability
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knowledge
philosophical concept approximate to the process or the result of knowledge acquisition
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Apollonian and Dionysian
terms representing a dichotomy/dialectic between rationality and emotion
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entelechy
term
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participation (in decisions)
inclusion of individuals and organizations in decision-making and opinion-forming processes
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pneuma
ancient Greek word for "breath"
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Homo faber
philosophical concept that human beings are able to control their fate and their environment as a result of the use of tools
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essentialism
view that every entity has identifying attributes
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infinity
philosophical concept
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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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abductive reasoning
form of logical inference that seeks the best conclusion that explains a set of given observations
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antinomy
real or apparent mutual incompatibility of two laws
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cultural hegemony
marxist notion of cultural dominance
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essence
property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is
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law of noncontradiction
theorem of logic
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reductionism
philosophical view explaining systems in terms of smaller parts
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Last man
antithesis to the รbermensch in Nietzschean philosophy
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apodicticity
propositions that are demonstrably, necessarily or self-evidently the case
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manners
forms of social interaction, set of rules for living in a community
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culture industry
expression suggesting that popular culture is used to manipulate mass society into passivity
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inherence
Empedocles' idea, further developed by Plato and Aristotle, that the qualities of matter come from the relative proportions of each of the f
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transcendental
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the One
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randomness
apparent lack of pattern or predictability in events
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Arete
concept in Greek philosophy meaning "excellence of any kind" or "moral virtue", ultimately bound up, in its earliest appearance in Greek, wi
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zoon politikon
philosophical concept introduced by Aristotle
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ignorance
lack of knowledge or understanding
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action
something an agent can do or perform
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best of all possible worlds
the doctrine or belief that in the system of things all that happens, the undesirable no less than the desirable, is for the best
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dungeon crawl
type of tabletop or video game
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Nous
the faculty of the human mind necessary for understanding what is true or real
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preference
greater liking for one alternative over another or others
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quintessence
fifth element in addition to the four classical elements, used by medieval alchemists for a medium similar or identical to that thought to m
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quality
distinguishing feature
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operationalization
process of defining the measurement of a phenomenon that is not directly measurable, though its existence is indicated by other phenomena
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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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synthesis
process in philosophy of generating a third proposition from two starting propositions in apparent conflict
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finitism
philosophy of mathematics that accepts the existence only of finite mathematical objects
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category of being
philosophical concept
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absurdity
extremely unreasonable, so as to be foolish or not taken seriously
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genealogy
historical technique in philosophy, questioning the commonly understood emergence of philosophical or social beliefs by accounting for the s
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aeon
ancient Greek concept
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holon
something that is simultaneously a whole and a part
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Dasein
German term meaning "existence", concept from Heidegger's philosophy
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women at German universities
university studies fully accessible to women in German speaking countries
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objectivity
central philosophical concept, related to reality and truth
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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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unity of opposites
central category of dialectics, said to be related to non-duality in a deep sense
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eidos
term in ancient philosophy
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adiaphora
concept in Cynicism, Stoicism, and Christianity
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ontological difference
Difference between being and existence in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
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heteronomy
philosophical concept
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Panopticism
social theory developed by Michel Foucault
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slave morality
concept in Nietzschean philosophy
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anima mundi
intrinsic connection between all living things on the planet
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intentionality
in philosophy, the power of minds to be about something, to represent or to stand for things, properties and states of affairs
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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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