Contrastivism — is an epistemological theory proposed by Jonathan Schaffer that suggests that knowledge attributions have a ternary structure of the form S knows that p rather than q . This is in contrast to the traditional view whereby knowledge attributions… … Wikipedia
Contextualism — describes a collection of views in philosophy which emphasize the context in which an action, utterance, or expression occurs, and argues that, in some important respect, the action, utterance, or expression can only be understood relative to… … Wikipedia
Aristotle — For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). Ἀριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs Marble bust of Aristotle. Roman copy after a Gree … Wikipedia
Ambiguity — Sir John Tenniel s illustration of the Caterpillar for Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland is noted for its ambiguous central figure, whose head can be viewed as being a human male s face with a pointed nose and pointy chin or being… … Wikipedia
Confucius — For other uses, see Confucius (disambiguation). Confucius 孔丘 A portrait of Confucius, by Tang Dynasty artist Wu Daozi (680–740). Full name … Wikipedia
Concept — For other uses, see Concept (disambiguation). A concept (substantive term: conception) is a cognitive unit of meaning an abstract idea or a mental symbol sometimes defined as a unit of knowledge, built from other units which act as a concept s… … Wikipedia
Deconstruction — For the approach to post modern architecture, see Deconstructivism; for other uses, see Deconstruction (disambiguation). Deconstruction is a term introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1967 book Of Grammatology. Although he… … Wikipedia
Language — This article is about the properties of language in general. For other uses, see Language (disambiguation). Cuneiform is one of the first known forms of written language, but spoken language is believed to predate writing by tens of thousands of… … Wikipedia
Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wittgenstein redirects here. For other uses, see Wittgenstein (disambiguation). Ludwig Wittgenstein Photographed by Ben Richards Swansea, Wales, 1947 Born 26 April 1889 … Wikipedia
Logical positivism — (also known as logical empiricism, scientific philosophy, and neo positivism) is a philosophy that combines empiricism the idea that observational evidence is indispensable for knowledge with a version of rationalism incorporating mathematical… … Wikipedia