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A philosophy, originating with Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914), and developed by William James (1842-1910) and John Dewey (1859-1952), holding that epistemological and metaphysical claims are best evaluated in terms of…

A statement is true if it works—that is, if it yields a result satisfactory in practice. (See alsoPragmatism.) https://youtube.com/shorts/Gl6wr0Nlt1w?feature=share

A semantic device for evaluating modal discourse, whereby claims of possibility are made true by what happens at other (accessible) possible worlds. The utility of the semantics leads some philosophers…

An entitlement to something. That which obligates another to do or provide something for the holder of a positive right, so that this individual may pursue their interests. https://youtube.com/shorts/a8FTvDXbVnI?feature=share

The belief in multiple gods. https://youtube.com/shorts/YKASIEqwNco?feature=share

The position that there is a plurality (multiplicity) of (legitimate) views on an issue. https://youtube.com/shorts/BJ8jKiinOuw?feature=share

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s (1889-1951) early theory of meaning, in which the logical structures of language mirror the structures of the world. https://youtube.com/shorts/CiBI5z_Hso0?feature=share

Usually with reference to the philosophy of mind, physicalism is the view that everything that exists is adequately accommodated by our best theories of physics. One weakness of the position…

Practical wisdom; prudence. https://youtube.com/shorts/zH-cG6Ktadk?feature=share

1) The study of doing philosophy. 2) The systematic employment of philosophy to answer questions about reality, knowledge, morality, logic, and so on. https://youtube.com/shorts/O1jMm9-AuLM?feature=share