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egocentric predicament — The problem originally described in an article of the same name (Journal of Philosophy, 1910) by the American philosopher R. B. Perry (1876–1957). The 115 predicament is the fact that we are each limited or confined to our own perceptual world.… … Philosophy dictionary
egocentric predicament — noun : the epistemological predicament of apparently being unable to get outside one s own mind because all that the knower can know will be what is present to his own mind … Useful english dictionary
Solipsism — (Latin: solus , alone + ipse , self) is the philosophical idea that My mind is the only thing that I know exists. Solipsism is an epistemological or metaphysical position that knowledge of anything outside the mind is unjustified. The external… … Wikipedia
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List of philosophy topics (D-H) — DDaDai Zhen Pierre d Ailly Jean Le Rond d Alembert John Damascene Damascius John of Damascus Peter Damian Danish philosophy Dante Alighieri Arthur Danto Arthur C. Danto Arthur Coleman Danto dao Daodejing Daoism Daoist philosophy Charles Darwin… … Wikipedia
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epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk… … Universalium
Religion (Philosophies of) — Philosophies of religion Marcel, Jaspers, Levinas William Desmond Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) and Emmanuel Levinas (1906–) seem like a mere aggregate of thinkers. Jaspers, a German thinker who coined the phrase Existenz… … History of philosophy
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Skinny Dip (novel) — infobox Book | name = Skinny Dip title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Carl Hiaasen cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Alfred A. Knopf release date = 2004… … Wikipedia
