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| Helping to discover or learn |
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| The science of interpretation |
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| To treat an abstraction as a material object |
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| The study of phenomena (especially without metaphysical explanation) |
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The sensual experience of an object or event (as distinguished from noumenon)
Happening in your mind and own experience |
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| In Kant's philosophy, an object or concept that can be known to exist but cannot be experienced and to which no properties can be confidently ascribed |
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| The study of origin and nature of knowledge |
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| The study of nature and relations of being |
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| The study of meaning (definitions) |
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| The study of the relationships of signs (grammar) |
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| The theory that the self can be aware of nothing but its own states |
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| Based on observation and experience |
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| The speculative study of the underlying nature of reality |
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Being directed toward a definite end or purpose (especially in natural processes)
Everything has a goal |
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| Denial of the existence of any basis for knowledge, truth, meaning, or purpose |
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| The combination or reconciliation of differing beliefs in religion or philosophy |
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The systematic discussion and reasoning through a dialogue that juxtaposes contradictory ideas
A method of logical analysis based on the principle that an idea (thesis) generates its opposite (antithesis) leading to a reconciliation (synthesis) |
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Absolutely certain or necessarily true
That which can be clearly proved |
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Controversial
Argumentative |
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Foundation
Underlying or essential part as distinguished from attributes |
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Having a characteristic found in a remote ancestor but not in nearer ancestors
Throwback |
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To pull up by the roots
Eradicate |
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| A problem arising from an awareness of incompatible views on the same theoretical issue, especially one giving rise to philosophically systematic doubt |
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Conditional
Dependent on something uncertain
Possible
Unpredictable because dependent on chance
Accidental
Fortuitous
In philosophy, not subject to determinism
Free
In logic, true only under certain conditions |
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Having to do with the sense of touch
Tactile
Experienced with the body |
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| Arising from the earth or soil |
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Repetition of an idea in a different word or phrase (e.g. "necessary essentials," "round circle")
Redundancy |
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| In some vitalist doctrines, a hypothetical agency not demonstrable by scientific methods that is considered an inherent regulating and directing force in the development and functioning of an organism |
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The Golden Age of Athens
Age of Perocles
Defeat of the Persians |
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| Beginning of the Roman Empire |
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