Emanation - the act of -to flow out, issue or proceed, as from a source or origin, come forth, originate
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| Empiricism - the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience |
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| Epistemological Predicates - proclamations pertaining to the branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge |
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| Epistemology - investigating the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge |
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Equivocal - allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous of doubtful nature or character; questionable; dubious; suspicious, of uncertain significance; not determined
Eternal - without beginning or end; lasting forever, always existing, perpetual; ceaseless; endless, enduring, immutable or, Metaphysics existing outside all relations of time; not subject to change |
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| Ex Nihilo - from the Latin which means "out of nothing" or "from nothing" |
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| Existentialism - a philosophical position that stresses the individual's unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his or her choices (or truth) |
Extrinsic Value - of importance while not essential or inherent; not a basic part or quality, extraneous, being outside a thing; outward or external; operating or coming from without |
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Fallacy - a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, a misleading or unsound argument.
deceptive, misleading, or false nature, erroneous, or in Logic any of various types of erroneous reasoning that render arguments logically unsound
Finite - having bounds or limits, measurable, subject to limitations or conditions, as of space, time, circumstances, or the laws of nature
Foundationalism - the practice of or application of the basis or groundwork of anything,
the act of founding, setting up, establishing
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| Gnosticism - a group of ancient heresies, stressing escape from this world through the acquisition of esoteric knowledge. |
Hedonism - the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good, devotion to pleasure as a way of life
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Idealism -
the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
or any system or theory that maintains that the real is of the nature of
thought or that the object of external perception consists of ideas, the
tendency to represent things in an ideal form, or as they might or should
be rather than as they are, with emphasis on values.
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Immanent -
remaining within; indwelling; inherent, or a mental act taking place within the mind of
the subject and having no effect outside of it
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Immortality – unending
life
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Induction - any form of reasoning
in which the conclusion, though supported by the premises, does not follow
from them necessarily, or the process of estimating the validity of observations
of part of a class of facts as evidence for a proposition about the whole class.
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Infinite – never ending,
continues without foreseeable end, unmeasurable
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Intrinsic Value – importance
based on belonging to a
thing by its very nature
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Intuitionism
- Ethics. the doctrine that moral values and duties can be discerned
directly, or Metaphysics the doctrine that in perception external objects are
given immediately, without the intervention of a representative idea, the doctrine
that knowledge rests upon axiomatic truths discerned directly.
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Law of Non-Contradiction
- states that contradictory statements cannot both be true in the same
sense at the same time
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Logic - the science
that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference, a particular
method of reasoning or argumentation: We were unable to follow his logic, the
system or principles of reasoning applicable to any branch of knowledge or stud,
reason or sound judgment, as in utterances or actions: There wasn't much
logic in her move, convincing forcefulness; inexorable truth or persuasiveness:
the irresistible logic of the facts.
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Metaphysics - the
branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology,
and is intimately connected with epistemology, philosophy, especially in its more
abstruse branches, the underlying theoretical principles of a subject or field
of inquiry
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Mysticism - a doctrine
of an immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed to transcend ordinary understanding,
or of a direct, intimate union of the soul with God through contemplation or ecstasy,
obscure thought or speculation.
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Natural Revelation - universal
aspect of God, knowledge about God and to spiritual matters, discovered
through natural means, such as observation of nature
(the physical universe), philosophy and reasoning, human conscience or
providence or providential history aspects of natural or general revelation are
believed to pertain to outward temporal events that are experienced within
the world or this physical universe.
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Naturalism - the view
of the world that takes account only of natural elements
and forces, excluding the supernatural or spiritual, the belief that all phenomena
are covered by laws of science and that all teleological explanations are therefore
without value
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Nihilism - an extreme
form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an
objective basis for truth, nothingness or nonexistence.
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Noetic Effects (of sin) –
how sin affects one’s reasoning, but it should be clear that the flaws
or errors in our thinking (its processes and results) are not always the
effect of sin.
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non-sequitur - an
inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises, a statement
containing an illogical conclusion.
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Objectify - to present
as an object,
especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize
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Objective - not influenced
by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased:
an objective opinion, intent upon or dealing with things external to the mind
rather than with thoughts or feelings, as a person or a book, being the object
of perception or thought; belonging to the object of thought rather than to the
thinking subject (opposed to subjective )
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Ockman's Razor - is
a principle of parsimony, economy, or succinctness used in
problem-solving. It states that among competing hypotheses, the hypothesis
with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
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Ontological -
the application of ontology, studying the nature of being
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Ontological Argument - a
category of philosophical arguments for the existence of God using
ontology, when constructed properly logically proves the existence of
God
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Ontology - the branch
of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence
or being
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Panentheism – a belief that God is everything and in
everything. God is viewed as the
eternal animating force behind the universe.
Some variations of this belief structure will hold that God is greater
than the universe, of which he is part of. God exists and interpenetrates
every part of nature, and timelessly extends beyond as well
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Pantheism - the
doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe
and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality
and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature, identifying God with the
universe
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Perception - the act or faculty of perceiving, or
apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding,
immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological,
or aesthetic qualities; insight; intuition; discernment: an artist of rare perception,
the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving
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Pluralism - a
theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle, not dualism;
a theory that reality consists of many independent elements.
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Polytheism - the
doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
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Pragmatism - system having various forms, but generally
stressing practical consequences as constituting the essential
criterion in determining meaning, truth, or value
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principles of parsimony – see Ockman’s Razor
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Rationalism - the
doctrine that reason alone is a source of knowledge and is independent of
experience, all knowledge is expressible
in self-evident propositions or their consequences.
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Realism - the
doctrine that universals have a real objective existence, as opposed to conceptualism
or nominalism, objects of sense perception have an existence independent of
the act of perception
Relativism - any theory holding that criteria
of judgment are relative, varying with individuals and their
environments,
situational or variable
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Skepticism - the doctrines or opinions of universal
doubt, disbelief,
suspension of decision until sufficient data is accumulated
Special Revelation – the belief that knowledge of God
and of spiritual matters can be discovered through supernatural means, such
as miracles or the scriptures, a disclosure of God's truth through means
other than through man's reason
Subjective - relating
to or of the nature of an object as it is known in the mind as distinct from
a thing in itself, or relating to properties or specific conditions of the mind
as distinguished from general or universal experience, or pertaining to the subject
or substance in which attributes inhere; essential, not necessarily fact based
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