Philosophical Terms

2. the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space.
5. the branch of philosophy that deals with the principles of beauty and artistic taste.
7. the study of the nature of value and valuation, and of the kinds of things that are valuable.
9. is the philosophic theory of knowledge : inquiry into the basis, nature, validity, and limits of knowledge.
10. the theory that certain knowledge is impossible.
12. the theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience.
13. reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity.

1. the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
3. the theory that reason rather than experience is the foundation of certainty in knowledge.
4. the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.
6. the belief that your ideals can be achieved, often when this does not seem likely to others.
8. a way of thinking and acting based on facts and what is possible, rather than on hopes for things that are unlikely to happen.
11. moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.