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437:(1844–1900) believed that we have to assess the value of our values since values are relative to one's goals and one's self. He emphasized the need to analyze our moral values and how much impact they may have on us. The problem with morality, according to Nietzsche, is that those who were considered "good" were the powerful nobles who had more education, and considered themselves better than anyone below their rank. Thus, what is considered good is relative. A "good man" is not questioned on whether or not there is a "bad", such as temptations, lingering inside him and he is considered to be more important than a man who is considered "bad" who is considered useless to making the human race better because of the morals we have subjected ourselves to. But since what is considered good and bad is relative, the importance and value we place on them should also be relative. He proposed that morality itself could be a danger. Nietzsche believed that morals should be constructed actively, making them relative to who we are and what we, as individuals, consider to be true, equal, good and bad, etc. instead of reacting to moral laws made by a certain group of individuals in power. 1963:
rightness and wrongness), so that moral statements (such as "honesty is good" and "slavery is unjust") purport to represent moral facts, and express propositions that are true or false (or approximately true, largely false and so on). The alethic thesis: Some moral propositions are in fact true. The metaphysical thesis: Moral propositions are true when actions and other objects of moral assessment have the relevant moral properties (so that the relevant moral facts obtain), where these facts and properties are robust: their metaphysical status, whatever it is, is not relevantly different from that of (certain types of ordinary non-moral facts and properties).
850:... threatens to undermine any secure objective foundation for morality. The result is the widespread moral degeneration that we witness today. To counter this tendency, mere moral exhortation is insufficient. If morality is to function as an efficient guide to conduct, it cannot be propounded as a self-justifying scheme but must be embedded in a more comprehensive spiritual system which grounds morality in a transpersonal order. Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective superstructure, but intrinsic laws of the cosmos built into the heart of reality. 1864:...the non-objectivist need not be a relativist. Suppose the moral facts depend on the attitudes or opinions of a particular group or individual (e.g., "X is good" means "Caesar approves of X," or "The Supreme Court rules in favor of X," etc.), and thus moral truth is an entirely mind-dependent affair. Since, in this case, all speakers' moral utterances are made true or false by the same mental activity, then this is not strictly speaking a version of relativism, but is, rather, a relation-designating account of moral terms (see Stevenson 1963: 74 for this distinction). 911:, a denial is not required. A moral relativist who claims that you should act according to the laws in whatever country you are a citizen of, accepts all three claims: moral facts express propositions that can be true or false (you can see if a given action is against the law or not), some moral propositions are true (some actions abide by the laws in someone's country), and moral facts are ordinary (laws are not mental states, they are physical objects in the world). However, this view is a relativist one as it is dependent on the country you are a citizen of. 868:(the view that the truth of ethical claims are not mind independent). While these views are often held together, they do not entail each other. For example, someone who claims "something is morally right for me to do because the people in my culture think it is right" is both a moral relativist (because what is right and wrong depends on who is doing it), and an ethical subjectivist (because what is right and wrong is determined by mental states, i.e. what people think is right and wrong). 6449: 4354: 755:
is identifying which group of people those truths are relative to. Another component is that many people belong to more than one group. The beliefs of the groups that a person belongs to may be fundamentally different, and so it is hard to decide which are relative and which win out. A person practicing meta-ethical relativism would not necessarily object to either view, but develop an opinion and argument.
25: 715:, have suggested that meta-ethical relativists essentially take themselves out of any discussion of normative morality, since they seem to be rejecting an assumption of such discussions: the premise that there are right and wrong answers that can be discovered through reason. Practically speaking, such critics will argue that meta-ethical relativism may amount to 360: 196:. He has written specifically that thinkers labeled as such usually simply believe "that the grounds for choosing between such opinions is less algorithmic than had been thought", not that every single conceptual idea is as valid as any other. In this spirit, Rorty has lamented that "philosophers have... become increasingly isolated from the rest of culture." 6436: 646:(1919–2002), argue that moral propositions remain subject to human logical rules, notwithstanding the absence of any factual content, including those subject to cultural or religious standards or norms. Thus, for example, they contend that one cannot hold contradictory ethical judgments. This allows for moral 531:—in vogue during the early part of the 20th century, and which identified moral propositions as true or false, and known to us through a special faculty of intuition—because of the obvious differences in beliefs among societies, which he said provided evidence of the lack of any innate, intuitive power. 871:
However, someone who thinks that what is right and wrong is whatever a deity thinks is right or wrong would be a subjectivist (morality is based on mental states), but not a relativist (morality is the same for everyone). In contrast, someone who claims that to act ethically you must follow the laws
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Some arguments come when people question which moral justifications or truths are said to be relative. Because people belong to many groups based on culture, race, religion, etc., it is difficult to claim that the values of the group have authority for the members. A part of meta-ethical relativism
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even argue that intolerance is, to some degree, important. As he puts it, "we need not adopt a quietism about moral traditions that cause hardship and suffering. Nor need we passively accept the moral norms of our own respective societies, to the extent that they are ineffective or counterproductive
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In short, the non-objectivism vs. objectivism and the relativism vs. absolutism polarities are orthogonal to each other, and it is the former pair that is usually taken to matter when it comes to characterizing anti-realism. Moral relativism is sometimes thought of as a version of anti-realism, but
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These critics argue specifically that the moral relativists reduce the extent of their input in normative moral discussions to either rejecting the very having of the discussion, or else deeming both disagreeing parties to be correct. For instance, the moral relativist can only appeal to preference
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In all cases, it may be that what determines the difference in the relevant contexts is something "mind-dependent"—in which case it would be anti-realist relativism—but it need not be; perhaps what determines the relevant difference is an entirely mind-independent affair, making for an objectivist
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No single description is likely to capture all realist views, but a reasonably accurate rule is to understand moral realism as the conjunction of three theses: The semantic thesis: The primary semantic role of moral predicates (such as "right" and "wrong") is to refer to moral properties (such as
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of moral terms. They do not affirm or deny that moral facts exist, only that human logic applies to our moral assertions; consequently, they postulate an objective and preferred standard of moral justification, albeit in a very limited sense. Nevertheless, according to Hare, human logic shows the
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to tolerate the behavior of others even when it runs counter to our personal or cultural moral standards. Most philosophers do not agree, partially because of the challenges of arriving at an "ought" from relativistic premises. Meta-ethical relativism seems to eliminate the normative relativist's
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the behavior of others even when large disagreements about morality exist. Said concepts of the different intellectual movements involve considerable nuance and aren't absolute descriptions. Descriptive relativists do not necessarily adopt meta-ethical relativism. Moreover, not all meta-ethical
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and of moral relativism, though Hume himself did not espouse relativism. He distinguished between matters of fact and matters of value, and suggested that moral judgments consist of the latter, for they do not deal with verifiable facts obtained in the world, but only with our sentiments and
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that what people consider right and wrong is shaped entirely—not primarily—by the traditions, customs, and practices of their culture. Moreover, since in his analysis of human understanding there cannot be any higher moral standard than that provided by the local morals of a culture, no
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and philosophers to question whether any objective, absolute standards pertaining to values could exist. This led some to posit that differing systems have equal validity, with no standard for adjudicating among conflicting beliefs. The Finnish philosopher-anthropologist
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or descriptive position that there exist, in fact, fundamental disagreements about the right course of action even when the same facts hold true and the same consequences seem likely to arise. It is the observation that different cultures have different moral standards.
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One scholar, supporting an anti-realist interpretation, concludes that "Nietzsche's central argument for anti-realism about value is explanatory: moral facts don't figure in the 'best explanation' of experience, and so are not real constituents of the objective world.
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or simply unnecessary". That is, it is perfectly reasonable (and practical) for a person or group to defend their subjective values against others, even if there is no universal prescription or morality. We can also criticize other cultures for failing to pursue even
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Descriptive relativists do not necessarily advocate the tolerance of all behavior in light of such disagreement; that is to say, they are not necessarily normative relativists. Likewise, they do not necessarily make any commitments to the semantics,
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A subjectivist ethical theorist is a theory according to which moral judgements about men or their actions are judgements about the way people react to these men and actions - that is, the way they think or feel about
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passions. But Hume regarded some of our sentiments as universal. He famously denied that morality has any objective standard, and suggested that the universe remains indifferent to our preferences and our troubles.
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Normative moral relativists believe not only the meta-ethical thesis, but that it has normative implications on what we ought to do. Normative moral relativists argue that meta-ethical relativism implies that we
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In short, the non-objectivism vs. objectivism and the relativism vs. absolutism polarities are orthogonal to each other, and it is the former pair that is usually taken to matter when it comes to characterizing
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ability to make prescriptive claims. In other words, normative relativism may find it difficult to make a statement like "we think it is moral to tolerate behaviour" without always adding "other people think
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might call another society's practice 'ignorant' or 'less moral', but there would still be much debate about courses of action (e.g. whether to focus on providing better education, or technology, etc.).
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Meta-ethical relativists are, first, descriptive relativists: they believe that, given the same set of facts, some societies or individuals will have a fundamental disagreement about what a person
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wheel". This evaluative property of certain terms also allows people of different beliefs to have meaningful discussions on moral questions, even though they may disagree about certain "facts".
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The literary perspectivism begins at the different versions of the Greek myths. Symbolism created multiple suggestions for a verse. Structuralism teaches us the polysemy of the poems.
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Guy Ankerl, Global Communication without Universal Civilization. vol I: Coexisting Contemporary Civilizations: Arabo-Muslim, Bharati, Chinese, and Western. (Geneva, INUPRESS, 2000.
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while discussions have continued to the present day. Besides the material created by philosophers, the concept has additionally attracted attention in diverse fields including art,
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Critics propose that moral relativism fails because it rejects basic premises of discussions on morality, or because it cannot arbitrate disagreement. Many critics, including
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Meta-ethical moral relativists believe not only that people disagree about moral issues, but that terms such as "good", "bad", "right" and "wrong" do not stand subject to
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moral relativism holds that people do, in fact, disagree fundamentally about what is moral, without passing any evaluative or normative judgments about this disagreement.
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of your country would be a relativist (morality is dependent on who you are), but not a subjectivist (morality is based on facts about the world, not mental states).
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pleasure. This accusation that relativists reject widely held terms of discourse is similar to arguments used against other "discussion-stoppers" like some forms of
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The moral relativists may also still try to make sense of non-universal statements like "in this country, it is wrong to do X" or even "to me, it is right to do Y".
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justify tolerance, and that disagreement with moral systems does not always demand interference, and certainly not aggressive interference. For example, the
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conditions at all; rather, they are relative to the traditions, convictions, or practices of an individual or a group of people. The American anthropologist
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did not espouse relativist views of morality per se and held nuanced opinions, his thinking has been widely influential in the development of relativism.
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Given this presupposition, it seems reasonable to be both a transcendentalist and an empiricist, or what I call a transcendent empiricist.
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objective standards of evaluation that seem worth calling "moral facts"—regardless of whether they are universally accepted.
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The metaphysical status of moral facts is robust and ordinary, not importantly different from other facts about the world.
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Depending on how a moral relativist position is constructed, it may or may not be independent of moral realism.
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Sterling Harwood, "Taking Ethics Seriously -- Moral Relativism versus Moral Realism" in Sterling Harwood, ed.,
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Moral statements have meaning, they express propositions, or are the kind of things that can be true or false.
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and others have argued that after about 1960, Europeans massively abandoned many traditional norms rooted in
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trans-cultural judgement about the rightness or wrongness of a culture's morals could possibly be justified.
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Moral relativism has been debated for thousands of years across a variety of contexts during the history of
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in particular has argued that the label of being a "relativist" has become warped and turned into a sort of
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Philosophical positions about the differences in moral judgments across peoples and cultures
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of moral judgement; that is, not all descriptive relativists are meta-ethical relativists.
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While many moral relativists deny one or more of these claims, and therefore could be
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By assigning value and spiritual ideals to private subjectivity, the materialistic
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has become separated from procreation, which led to a decline in the importance of
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and replaced them with continuously evolving relative moral rules. In this view,
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decadence of Europe to the displacement of absolute values by moral relativism.
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Descriptive relativism is a widespread position in academic fields such as
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made a similar criticism, and explains that moral relativism fails as a
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Moral relativism encompasses views and arguments that people in various
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moral relativism holds that because nobody is right or wrong, everyone
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was an influential advocate of this view. He argues in his 1906 work
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Catholic and some secular intellectuals attribute the perceived post-
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with shared standards, notwithstanding the descriptive properties or
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to object to the practice of murder or torture by individuals for
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It is certain that Nietzsche criticizes Plato's prioritization of
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have held over several thousand years. For example, the ancient
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are committed to some version of the following three claims:
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moral relativism holds that in such disagreements, nobody is
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error of relativism in one very important sense (see Hare's
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philosophers denied the existence of objective morality.
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3475: 3470: 3460: 3455: 3450: 3445: 3443:Constructivism 3440: 3439: 3438: 3437: 3436: 3431: 3421: 3420: 3419: 3417:Non-naturalism 3414: 3399: 3394: 3388: 3386: 3380: 3379: 3377: 3376: 3371: 3366: 3361: 3356: 3351: 3346: 3341: 3336: 3331: 3326: 3321: 3316: 3311: 3310: 3309: 3299: 3294: 3289: 3284: 3279: 3274: 3269: 3263: 3261: 3255: 3254: 3252: 3251: 3246: 3244:Utilitarianism 3241: 3236: 3231: 3226: 3221: 3216: 3211: 3205: 3203: 3197: 3196: 3191: 3189: 3188: 3181: 3174: 3166: 3157: 3156: 3154: 3153: 3148: 3143: 3138: 3133: 3128: 3122: 3120: 3116: 3115: 3113: 3112: 3107: 3102: 3097: 3092: 3087: 3082: 3077: 3072: 3067: 3066: 3065: 3060: 3055: 3050: 3045: 3040: 3035: 3030: 3025: 3020: 3015: 3010: 3005: 3000: 2995: 2990: 2985: 2980: 2975: 2970: 2965: 2963:in Switzerland 2960: 2955: 2950: 2948:in South Korea 2945: 2940: 2935: 2930: 2925: 2920: 2915: 2910: 2905: 2900: 2895: 2890: 2885: 2883:in North Korea 2880: 2875: 2873:in New Zealand 2870: 2865: 2860: 2855: 2850: 2845: 2840: 2835: 2830: 2825: 2820: 2818:in Kyrgyzstan‎ 2815: 2810: 2805: 2800: 2795: 2790: 2785: 2780: 2775: 2770: 2765: 2760: 2755: 2750: 2745: 2740: 2735: 2730: 2725: 2720: 2715: 2710: 2705: 2703:in El Salvador 2700: 2695: 2690: 2685: 2680: 2675: 2670: 2665: 2660: 2655: 2650: 2645: 2640: 2635: 2630: 2628:in Balochistan 2625: 2620: 2615: 2610: 2605: 2600: 2595: 2590: 2585: 2580: 2578:in Afghanistan 2575: 2570: 2565: 2560: 2555: 2545: 2540: 2535: 2530: 2525: 2520: 2515: 2513:Atrocity crime 2509: 2507: 2503: 2502: 2499: 2498: 2496: 2495: 2493: 2491: 2486: 2481: 2479: 2474: 2469: 2467: 2462: 2457: 2451: 2445: 2441: 2440: 2438: 2437: 2432: 2426: 2424: 2420: 2419: 2416: 2415: 2413: 2412: 2406: 2404: 2400: 2399: 2397: 2396: 2391: 2386: 2381: 2375: 2373: 2369: 2368: 2366: 2365: 2360: 2355: 2350: 2344: 2338: 2333: 2330: 2329: 2327: 2326: 2321: 2316: 2311: 2305: 2302: 2301: 2296: 2294: 2293: 2286: 2279: 2271: 2265: 2264: 2259: 2248: 2228: 2227:External links 2225: 2224: 2223: 2217: 2206: 2192: 2179: 2165: 2143: 2129: 2115: 2101: 2087: 2080: 2073: 2062:Gilbert Harman 2059: 2045: 2034: 2028: 2018: 2004: 1990:Joxe Azurmendi 1987: 1974: 1971: 1968: 1967: 1948: 1928: 1903: 1868: 1839: 1806: 1787: 1767: 1734: 1719: 1691: 1674: 1647:(1): 195–198. 1627: 1609: 1606:on 2009-11-18. 1591: 1567: 1542: 1535: 1517: 1507: 1480: 1470: 1454:Joyce, Richard 1445: 1430: 1407: 1392: 1370: 1355: 1329: 1305: 1296: 1287: 1276:Utilitarianism 1263: 1254:|journal= 1227: 1215: 1190: 1168: 1143: 1118: 1099: 1092: 1068: 1043: 1019: 994: 993: 991: 988: 987: 986: 980: 974: 971:Secular ethics 968: 965:Moral nihilism 962: 956: 950: 947:Ethical egoism 944: 936: 930: 924: 916: 913: 905: 904: 898: 892: 882:Moral realists 877: 874: 861: 858: 856: 853: 838:, an American 832: 829: 776: 773: 765: 762: 760: 757: 751: 748: 717:moral nihilism 704: 701: 680: 677: 633: 630: 628: 625: 623: 620: 584: 581: 546: 543: 541: 538: 536: 533: 493:The Antichrist 416:Baruch Spinoza 356: 353: 311: 308: 265: 262: 229: 226: 224: 221: 205:ancient Greece 117: 116: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 6507: 6496: 6493: 6491: 6490:Postmodernism 6488: 6486: 6483: 6481: 6478: 6476: 6473: 6472: 6470: 6455: 6454: 6445: 6443: 6442: 6431: 6430: 6427: 6409: 6406: 6404: 6401: 6399: 6396: 6394: 6391: 6389: 6386: 6385: 6383: 6381:Miscellaneous 6379: 6373: 6370: 6368: 6365: 6363: 6360: 6358: 6355: 6353: 6350: 6348: 6345: 6343: 6340: 6338: 6335: 6333: 6330: 6328: 6325: 6323: 6320: 6318: 6315: 6313: 6310: 6306: 6303: 6302: 6301: 6298: 6296: 6293: 6291: 6288: 6287: 6285: 6283: 6279: 6273: 6270: 6268: 6265: 6263: 6260: 6258: 6255: 6253: 6250: 6249: 6247: 6245: 6241: 6235: 6232: 6230: 6227: 6225: 6222: 6220: 6217: 6215: 6212: 6210: 6207: 6205: 6202: 6200: 6197: 6196: 6194: 6192: 6188: 6182: 6179: 6177: 6174: 6172: 6169: 6167: 6164: 6163: 6161: 6159: 6155: 6152: 6150: 6146: 6142: 6134: 6133: 6129: 6125: 6107: 6106: 6102: 6100: 6097: 6095: 6092: 6090: 6087: 6085: 6082: 6081: 6079: 6077:Miscellaneous 6075: 6069: 6066: 6064: 6063:Structuralism 6061: 6059: 6056: 6054: 6051: 6049: 6048:Postmodernism 6046: 6044: 6041: 6039: 6038:Phenomenology 6036: 6034: 6031: 6029: 6026: 6024: 6021: 6019: 6016: 6014: 6011: 6009: 6006: 6004: 6001: 5999: 5996: 5995: 5993: 5991: 5987: 5981: 5978: 5976: 5975:Vienna Circle 5973: 5971: 5968: 5966: 5963: 5961: 5958: 5956: 5953: 5951: 5948: 5946: 5943: 5941: 5938: 5936: 5933: 5931: 5928: 5926: 5923: 5921: 5918: 5916: 5913: 5911: 5908: 5906: 5905:Moral realism 5903: 5901: 5898: 5896: 5893: 5891: 5888: 5886: 5883: 5881: 5877: 5874: 5872: 5869: 5867: 5864: 5862: 5859: 5857: 5854: 5852: 5849: 5847: 5844: 5842: 5839: 5837: 5834: 5833: 5831: 5829: 5825: 5822: 5820: 5816: 5806: 5803: 5801: 5798: 5796: 5793: 5791: 5788: 5786: 5783: 5781: 5778: 5776: 5773: 5769: 5766: 5765: 5764: 5761: 5759: 5756: 5755: 5753: 5749: 5743: 5740: 5738: 5735: 5733: 5730: 5728: 5725: 5723: 5720: 5718: 5715: 5713: 5710: 5708: 5707:Phenomenology 5705: 5703: 5700: 5698: 5695: 5693: 5690: 5688: 5685: 5683: 5680: 5678: 5675: 5673: 5670: 5668: 5665: 5663: 5660: 5658: 5655: 5653: 5650: 5648: 5647:Individualism 5645: 5641: 5638: 5636: 5633: 5631: 5628: 5626: 5623: 5621: 5618: 5616: 5613: 5612: 5611: 5608: 5604: 5601: 5600: 5599: 5596: 5594: 5591: 5589: 5586: 5584: 5581: 5579: 5576: 5574: 5571: 5569: 5566: 5564: 5561: 5559: 5556: 5554: 5551: 5549: 5546: 5544: 5541: 5539: 5536: 5535: 5532: 5529: 5527: 5523: 5513: 5512:Judeo-Islamic 5510: 5509: 5507: 5505: 5501: 5495: 5492: 5490: 5489: 5488:ÊżIlm al-Kalām 5485: 5483: 5480: 5478: 5475: 5473: 5470: 5468: 5465: 5464: 5462: 5460: 5456: 5450: 5447: 5443: 5440: 5438: 5437:Shuddhadvaita 5435: 5433: 5430: 5428: 5425: 5423: 5420: 5418: 5415: 5413: 5410: 5409: 5408: 5405: 5404: 5402: 5398: 5392: 5389: 5387: 5384: 5382: 5379: 5377: 5374: 5372: 5371:Scholasticism 5369: 5367: 5364: 5362: 5359: 5358: 5356: 5354: 5350: 5344: 5341: 5339: 5336: 5334: 5331: 5329: 5326: 5324: 5321: 5319: 5316: 5314: 5311: 5310: 5308: 5304: 5301: 5299: 5295: 5285: 5282: 5280: 5277: 5275: 5272: 5270: 5267: 5266: 5264: 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