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A Must Have Book For Every Philosophy Student
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Pluralism

The position that there is a plurality (multiplicity) of (legitimate) views on an issue. https://youtube.com/shorts/BJ8jKiinOuw?feature=share
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December 9, 2023
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Picture theory of meaning

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
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December 9, 2023
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Physicalism

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…
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December 9, 2023
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Philosophical method

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
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December 9, 2023
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Phenomenology

1) The philosophical study of the structures of experience and consciousness, and an important philosophical movement based on Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) but originating with Edmund Husserl (1859-1938). It dominated much…
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December 9, 2023
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Parallelism

In the philosophy of mind, the view that mental events and bodily events occur in parallel but do not interact. https://youtube.com/shorts/DXsYr-aPBls?feature=share
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December 9, 2023