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What belongs to a thing or is grounded in reality, prior to and independent of the mind's consideration of something. Also called ontological, in contrast with the mental or psychological.

existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought

That which is independent or not related to anything else; or that which is total and complete in itself.

something dependent upon external conditions for its specific nature, size, etc.

The conformity or nonconformity of a human act with the moral standard but independent of the person.

The theory that moral standards vary from one society to another, and from one period of history to another. This suggests that principles are social products and not universally binding.

Our capacity to acquire knowledge, contemplate decisions, foresee consequences, and formulate judgements and conclusions

The study of God, or speaking of God.

the study of being; means beyond the physical realm

the state or fact of being a required truth

occurring or existing only if certain circumstances are present; dependent on.

pertaining to sense experience

neither ignorance nor knowledge, but something midway between the two.

believing something on the word of a witness, according to St. Augustine

A thing can NOT both "be and not be" at the same time and in the same respect

Greek for the Love of Wisdom

Latin for Wisdom.

Latin for 'Knowledge'

Latin for 'to search'

Something that is assumed beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action.

The study of Knowing/ The Theory of knowledge

Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness

A thing is what it is

the philosophical belief that reliable knowledge is obtained solely through the scientific method

A philosophy that accepts religious beliefs without grasping their intellectual content, without seeing the reasons that make them believable, without seeing their connection with other realities, and without acknowledging the right to intellectual life to which faith is entitled, but without the need for faith.

An immediate cause in a series of cause and effect relationships. The object of scientific inquiry.

the object of philosophical inquiry

The study of Man

The 'Science' of the Highest Causes

the idea that all knowledge is purely subjective and that objective knowledge is impossible.