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Antecedent A

Antecedent

In a conditional claim, the “if” clause is called the antecedent. More generally, that which is logically prior. https://youtube.com/shorts/mkvIdM-OEXg?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 4, 2023
Animism A

Animism

1) The view that the universe is an organism. 2) The view that all things are imbued with sentient life. https://youtube.com/shorts/IErh0L5hXvQ?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 4, 2023
Anicca A

Anicca

The Buddhist doctrine of impermanence. Together with anatta and dukkha, anicca is one of the fundamental characteristics of things. https://youtube.com/shorts/7SGyjcELyP0?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 4, 2023
Ancient atomism A

Ancient atomism

The theory, typically associated with the Pre-Socratic thinkers Leucippus and Democritus, that reality consists of an infinite number of “uncuttables”—atoms—indivisible bits that move randomly in an infinite void. https://youtube.com/shorts/RbuG9d_mm-Y?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 4, 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