Menu
Home
Explore
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Sign In
Life & Culture
Philosophy and religion
Philosophy
Philosophical branches, approaches and concepts
Epistemology
Concepts
Concepts
Belief
Subjective attitude that something is true
Common Sense
1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine
Concept
Mental representation or an abstract object
DigitalGlobe
American space imagery company
Experience
The effect or influence of exposure to an event or subject
Ineffability
Something that cannot or should not be expressed in spoken words
Knowledge
Familiarity, awareness, or understanding of information or skills acquired through experience or education
Life stance
Person's relation with what they accept as being of ultimate importance
Opinion
Judgement, viewpoint, or statement that is not conclusive
Paradigm
Set of distinct concepts or thought patterns
Rationality
The quality of being agreeable to reason
Reason
Capacity for consciously making sense of things
Superstition
Belief or behavior that is considered irrational or supernatural
Thought experiment
Hypothetical situation
Truth
Being in accord with fact or reality
Uncertainty
Situation which involves imperfect or unknown information, regarding the existing state, environment, a future outcome or more than one possible outcomes