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Scholasticism (the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and
the Church Fathers)
semiology; semiotics ((philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols)
sensationalism; sensualism ((philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for
what is good)
solipsism ((philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist)
Stoicism ((philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the
ancient Greek philosopher Zeno)
subjectivism ((philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited
by your subjective experience)
Daoism; Taoism (philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a
simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events)
teleology ((philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes)
traditionalism (the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and
that it is transmitted by traditions)
Neoplatonism (a system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of
Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the
first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable)
naturalism ((philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without
recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations)
Aristotelianism ((philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics
and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science)
conceptualism (the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the
existence of a mental entity that mediates the application)
Confucianism (the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to
learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional
culture of China)
deconstruction; deconstructionism (a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or
film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface
meaning)