Dictionary - The Rational Mind

Induction

Definition:Induction is a method of reasoning that moves from particular observations to general conclusions. Unlike...

Definition:Instrumentalism is the view that theories and concepts are useful tools for prediction and explanation...

Definition:Intuition refers to immediate understanding or knowledge gained without conscious reasoning or sensory observation. Philosophers...

Definition:Knowledge traditionally refers to justified true belief, although modern philosophers have questioned whether this definition...

Definition:Materialism is the doctrine that matter constitutes the fundamental substance of reality and that mental...

Definition:Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with reality, existence, causation, identity, time, and the...

Definition:Monism is the doctrine that reality consists ultimately of a single substance or principle rather...

Definition:Mysticism emphasizes direct personal experience of ultimate reality, often beyond rational explanation and ordinary sensory...

Definition:Naturalism is the philosophical doctrine that everything that exists belongs to the natural world and...

Definition:Nihilism is the philosophical position that life lacks objective meaning, value, or purpose. Different forms...

Definition:Objectivism is the view that truth, morality, or reality exists independently of personal feelings and...

Definition:Ontology is the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence and the categories...

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