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I. Definition All fluent English speakers probably think they know what optimism means—expecting things to go well; believing that everything…

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I. Definition Pantheism is the belief that God = the universe. The word “God,” on this view, is just another…

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I. Definition Perfectionism, in philosophy, means something quite different from the popular definition (the character trait of feeling a compulsion…

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I. Definition Populism is a kind of political philosophy, unusual in that it may (arguably) describe many more specific philosophies,…

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I. Definition Qualia are the phenomenal qualities of experiences—the raw felt qualities of sensations, emotions, thoughts, or anything else. They…

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I. Definition “It all boils down to . . .” Atoms? Signals in the brain? Yin and yang? Two kinds…

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I. Definition “Different strokes for different folks” might be the simplest and least controversial expression of relativism, the idea that…

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I. Definition Are you skeptical about holistic medicine? Climate change? The existence of extra-terrestrials? We’ve come to use the word…

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I. Definition Solipsism is the belief that there is nothing outside one’s own mind. It’s a strange view that very…

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I. Definition Where did the Easter Bunny come from? It doesn’t seem to have any connection with the story of…

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