Trending Philosophical Concepts of all time
The 100 most-viewed philosophical concepts of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Tongan castaways.
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Tongan castaways
six boys who became shipwrecked on the deserted remote island of สปAta
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sentience
capacity to feel, perceive, or experience subjectively
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Nous
the faculty of the human mind necessary for understanding what is true or real
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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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randomness
apparent lack of pattern or predictability in events
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katechon
Christian philosophical concept
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solipsism
philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist
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evil demon
concept in Cartesian philosophy
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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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thing-in-itself
in Kantian philosophy, an object as it is, independent of observation, which one cannot know directly
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absurdity
extremely unreasonable, so as to be foolish or not taken seriously
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personhood
status of being a person
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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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eudaimonia
Aristotelian term for happiness or welfare
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monad
philosophical concept
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agape
Greco-Christian term referring to a type of love
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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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exegesis
critical and systematic interpretation of a text, especially religious or literary works
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praxis
philosophical concept
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noema
philosophical concept
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categorical imperative
central concept in Kantian moral philosophy
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dungeon crawl
type of tabletop or video game
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pain
type of unpleasant feeling
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Verstehen
social science conception of understanding and relation
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Animal machine
philosophical concept of animals as automata
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Sophia
personification of wisdom in Hellenistic philosophy
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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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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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social equity
concept that applies concerns of justice and fairness to social policy
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principle of individuation
concept in metaphysics
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aporia
philosophical or rhetorical concept of a state of puzzlement or expression of doubt
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Aletheia
philosophical concept, state of not being hidden; the state of being evident
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paradigm
distinct conceptual or thought pattern
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essentialism
view that every entity has identifying attributes
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mapโterritory relation
relationship between an object and a representation of that object
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unmoved mover
postulated ultimate cause of all activity in the universe
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interpretation
assignment of meanings to various concepts, symbols, or objects under consideration
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moral luck
philosophical concept
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infinity
philosophical concept
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philosophy of desire
concept in philosophy
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absolute
reality where no doubt exists
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masterโslave morality
central theme of Friedrich Nietzsche's works
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abjection
state of being cast off and separated from norms and rules on the scale of society and morality
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justified true belief
proposed definition of the concept of "knowledge"
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fundamental ontology
analytic of Daseinโs ontological constitution or being as a grounding of metaphysics
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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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existence precedes essence
central claim of existentialism formulated by Sartre
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metaphysics of presence
concept in deconstructive interpretation; metaphysics or ontotheology based on privileging presence over absence, which Western philosophy h
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leap of faith
in religion and philosophy, the act of believing in or accepting something outside the boundaries of reason
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psyche
psychological term refering to the group of acts and functions of the mind
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restorative justice
approach to justice where victims and perpetrators mediate a restitution agreement
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verisimilitude
resemblance to reality
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law of noncontradiction
theorem of logic
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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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substance
basic ontological 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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ฤstika and nฤstika
religious term
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ase
Religious concept related to the Yoruba of Nigeria
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Panopticism
social theory developed by Michel Foucault
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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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role-playing
changing of one's behaviour to assume a role
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faith and rationality
two ideologies that exist in varying degrees of conflict or compatibility
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the Void
manifestation of nothingness
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being in itself
self-contained and fully realized being of objects
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the Real
remainder of reality that cannot be expressed, and which surpasses reasoning
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Ousia
philosophical and theological term, originally used in Ancient Greek philosophy
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supererogation
acts which are good but not morally required to be done
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transcendentals
properties of being that correspond to truth, beauty, and goodness
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Lightness
philosophical concept
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Doxa
Greek word meaning common belief or popular opinion
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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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deterritorialization
Concept in critical theory
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judgment
evaluation of evidence to make a considered decision
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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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Willful ignorance
legal term for avoiding liability
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tetrapharmakos
ancient Epicurean philosophical doctrine
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category of being
philosophical concept
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ignorance
lack of knowledge or understanding
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alterity
philosophical concept of not belonging to a particular group of people or group identity, or an excluded individual participating in and int
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Veil of Isis
metaphor for the inaccessibility of nature's secrets
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intellectual responsibility
philosophical concept
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diffรฉrance
semiotic term
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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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selection
act of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one or more of them
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hyperuranion
place in heaven in Greek philosophy
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adiaphora
concept in Cynicism, Stoicism, and Christianity
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open texture
philosophical term introduced by Friedrich Waismann
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universals
in metaphysics, repeatable or recurrent qualities that can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things
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desert
condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad
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faculties of the soul
individual characteristics attributed to a soul
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New Man
utopian concept
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self-criticism
in Marxism-Leninism, the method of criticising ones shortcomings as opposed to concealing them
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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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desiring-production
conception of desire that is not an imaginary force based on lack, but a real, productive force
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antagonistic contradiction
Maoist insistence that classes' compromise is impossible
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holon
something that is simultaneously a whole and a part
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preference
greater liking for one alternative over another or others
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transvaluation of values
concept of Niezschean philosophy
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objectivity
central philosophical concept, related to reality and truth
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