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December 2023

Anatta A

Anatta

The Buddhist doctrine of the impermanence of the self; also describes the not-self or no soul view https://youtube.com/shorts/v7RoJWaV_NI?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 4, 2023
Anarchism A

Anarchism

The view that individual rights and the public interest cannot be served by a state because no government has the legitimate authority to coerce people. https://youtube.com/shorts/JI4bw7uFrNk?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 4, 2023
Analytic truth A

Analytic truth

Both demonstrably and necessarily true, owing to the logical form of the sentence or the meanings of its component words. https://youtube.com/shorts/5fZIVy7_0kw?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 4, 2023
Analytic philosophy A

Analytic philosophy

The twentieth-century philosophical movement (active predominantly in the United Statesand Britain) that focuses primarily on language and linguistic analysis; opposed to AbsoluteIdealism. https://youtube.com/shorts/m3Vj8sB1fH4?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 4, 2023
Analects A

Analects

Literally, “selected sayings” attributed to Confucius, this text constitutes the founding philosophical document of Confucianism. https://youtube.com/shorts/jXYFZwQ5ePE?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 4, 2023
Ambiguity A

Ambiguity

A property of a sentence in natural (or “ordinary”) language that has two or more meanings. The multiple meanings are the result either of using a word in more than…
Philosophy Student
December 4, 2023