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A Must Have Book For Every Philosophy Student
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Dialetheism

The view that some contradictions are actually true, this is a metaphysical thesis usually based upon the technical advantages of a paraconsistent logic for some domain. https://youtube.com/shorts/TrOrSWI4rt4?feature=share
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December 6, 2023
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Dialectic

From Plato through Hegel and Marx, a form of progressive reasoning. In ancient Greek philosophy, methods of reasoning for discovering truth. Dialectic is an argumentative exchange in the form of…
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December 6, 2023
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Dharma

In Hinduism, the moral law that governs individual conduct and is one of the four ends of life. In Buddhism, dharma is the universal truth. https://youtube.com/shorts/DI4Srxfz5jM?feature=share
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December 6, 2023
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Determinism

The view that all events are determined, which means there is no free will and that there is only one possible history of the world, either because every event in…
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December 6, 2023
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Deontological

A duty-based ethical theory; an action is moral if it is done from duty, irrespective of the consequences. (Typically opposed to consequentialist ethical theories.) https://youtube.com/shorts/Dxo42Fab2rs?feature=share
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December 6, 2023
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DeMorgan’s Laws

Named after the British mathematician and logician Augustus deMorgan (2806-1871), two sets of statements are truth-functionally equivalent: ¬ (P ^ Q) :: ¬ P ∨ ¬ Q and ¬ (P…
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December 6, 2023
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Democracy

A system of government by the members of the society, typically through elected representatives.. https://youtube.com/shorts/ApvZGsIoCjA?feature=share
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December 6, 2023