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Nominalism N

Nominalism

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…
Philosophy Student
December 9, 2023
Nirvana N

Nirvana

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
Philosophy Student
December 9, 2023
Nihilism N

Nihilism

From nihil, or “nothing,” the view that there are no truths or values. https://youtube.com/shorts/HHg1l7IWkm0?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 9, 2023
Neoplatonism N

Neoplatonism

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.”…
Philosophy Student
December 9, 2023
Negation N

Negation

In symbolic logic, the operator that denies a claim. When a statement is negated, its truth value is the opposite of the original: When P is true, ¬ P is…
Philosophy Student
December 9, 2023
Necessity N

Necessity

That without which cannot be otherwise. Also: A statement that must be true. A statement is necessarily true (or false) if it could not have been otherwise; it has the…
Philosophy Student
December 9, 2023