December 2023

Kant’s term for the “thing in itself” (Ding an sich)—that is, that which is beyond the bounds of possible experience. https://youtube.com/shorts/mhRxZUZyNKQ?feature=share

That area of ethics concerned with developing theories of right and wrong actions. https://youtube.com/shorts/5Z_Up7-8y4Y?feature=share

The view that the assertions of a certain domain (usually ethics) do not express propositions but, rather, indicate the speaker’s approval or disapproval. Such assertions are neither true nor false…

The metaphysical position that the only things that exist are particulars (as opposed to universals). Similarities shared by objects apparently instantiating the same properties are therefore to be understood as…

The goal of all Buddhist practice, the highest state of enlightenment, which brings perfect peace and happiness in which desire and suffering disappear. https://youtube.com/shorts/DKybQ1Rj53M?feature=share

From nihil, or “nothing,” the view that there are no truths or values. https://youtube.com/shorts/HHg1l7IWkm0?feature=share

Literally, “new Platonism,” Neoplatonism is a form of principle-monism that comprehends all on the basis of a single cause, considered divine, and called “the First,” “the Good,” or “the One.”…

An entitlement not to be interfered with in the pursuit of one’s interests. https://youtube.com/shorts/afLGSXMmDzo?feature=share