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INTRODUCTORY PHILOSOPHY TEXTS

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Structuralism refers to research undertaken in the social sciences, predominantly in France, between the 1950s and 1970s, which sought to understand various social phenomena as a “closed system” of elements.
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The eight skills just listed are so central to philosophical writing that we may count them among the criteria most instructors use in grading essay assignments. Keep these eight skills…
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As the Middle East is often called the cradle of civilization, it is also the source of some of the earliest philosophical literature. Much of it is devoted to what…
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Based on the teachings of Pythagoras (c. 570–495 BC) and the school he established inCroton in southern Italy, we may conclude that, in many ways, Pythagoreanism was more ofa mystery…
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The French Revolution sparked legal and political reforms across Europe, which brought with them their accompanying philosophical frameworks.
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Absolute idealism
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Zoroastrianism
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Property
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Difference principle
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Intension
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Truth of reason
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Red herring
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