December 2023

An approach to addressing or solving a problem. https://youtube.com/shorts/rVo8xDtdyZo?feature=share

1) The branch of philosophy that studies reality and first principles. 2) Literally, “after (orbeyond) physics,” where “physics” is the transliteration of the Greek for “nature.” (See alsoOntology.) https://youtube.com/shorts/1H_9EdnmuEc?feature=share

The study of the nature and meaning of ethical concepts—for instance, good. https://youtube.com/shorts/d_DbhXdm8ds?feature=share

Kant’s term for the subjective rule an individual uses in making a decision, which is a universalizable rule that an individual could expect everyone else to follow. https://youtube.com/shorts/rJdxBTr3NoU?feature=share

David Hume’s term for an empirical claim, which is the result of empirical observation and experience. Also: reasoning experientially, versus via relations of ideas. https://youtube.com/shorts/vG3vbfBRBkM?feature=share

The view that reality consists entirely and exclusively of material or physical things and their properties. https://youtube.com/shorts/FLNE2_Oc1ys?feature=share

The truth-functional conditional in which the statement is false when the antecedent is true and the consequent is false—that is, on the second row of the truth table. (See also…

A thing’s material composition. https://youtube.com/shorts/96Kltr-oGLE?feature=share

Friedrich Nietzsche’s (1844-1900) concept of the morality of self-realization, associated with the ethos of masters in ancient slave states. (See also Slave morality.) https://youtube.com/shorts/M5fzqgrdaK0?feature=share

The predicate of the conclusion in a categorical syllogism. (See also Categorical syllogism and Standard form.) https://youtube.com/shorts/NungjsSU_sI?feature=share