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1. Anselmian, adj. View full entry 1884
...Of or pertaining to St. Anselm (10331109), Archbishop of Canterbury, the scholastic philosopher, and esp. to his ontological argument for the existence of God....
2. ante rem, n. View full entry c1873
...Used as and also attrib. Prior to the existence of a particular or physical thing; spec. of the philosophical theory (a form of realism2...
3. Bergsonian, adj. and n. View full entry 1909
...Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the French philosopher, Henri Bergson (1859– 1941)....
4. Bradleian, adj. View full entry 1905
...Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of: the English idealist philosopher Francis Herbert Bradley (18461924) or his writings; orhis brother, the Shakespearean critic Andrew Cecil Bradley (1851...
5. cogitatum, n. View full entry 1878
...That which is thought; the actual processes of thought, as opposed to the ideal thought-processes....
6. co-ˈimplicate, v. View full entry 1907
...trans. To imply or implicate mutually....
7. derealize, v. View full entry 1889
...To deprive of reality, make unreal....
8. Deweyism, n. View full entry 1906
...The tenets of the American philosopher and educationist John Dewey (18591952); pragmatism in philosophy or education....
9. élan vital, n. View full entry 1907
...In the philosophy of Henri Bergson (18591941), a vital impulse or life force, of which we are aware intuitively; spec., an original impetus of life supposed to...
10. explicand, n. View full entry 1882
...= explicandum...
11. explicans, n. View full entry 1882
...The explanatory part of an explanation; in the analysis or explication of a concept or expression, the part that gives the meaning. (Opp. explicandum)...
12. logicist, n. and adj. View full entry a1910
...A (formal) logician; a mathematician who uses the methods or accepts the theory of logicism....
13. non-naturalistic, adj. View full entry 1902
...Not naturalistic; (Philos.) = non-naturalist2....
14. panpsychic, adj. View full entry 1881
...Relating to or based on panpsychism....
15. positivistically, adv. View full entry 1890
...In a positivist or positivistic manner; in the manner of positivism....
16. pragmatistic, adj. View full entry 1905
...Of, relating to, or characterized by pragmatism; pragmatic....
17. scienˈtificism, n. View full entry c1875
...Analysis or explanation which only admits what is considered to be scientifically demonstrable....
18. solipsistic, adj. View full entry 1885
...= solipsist...
19. tough-ˈminded, adj. View full entry 1907
...In the philosophy of William James: marked by a purely empirical, sceptical, non-metaphysical approach to questions; opp. tender-minded Hence more widely: free from excessive sensitivity, realistic, unsqueamish, etc. Also ...
20. transempirical, adj. View full entry 1904
...Pertaining to things beyond the range of experiential knowledge; metempirical....
