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Concepts in metaphysics
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The list Concepts in metaphysics includes
Physical object, Noosphere, Tao, Person and Axiology.
The list consists of 101 members
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Person
being that has certain capacities or attributes constituting personhood (avoid use with P31 [instance of]; use Q5 [human] for humans)
Overview: A person (pl.: people or persons, depending on context) is a being who has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally ...
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Perception
Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment
Overview: Perception (from Latin perceptio 'gathering, receiving') is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or ... 0
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Time
Dimension in which events can be ordered from the past through the present into the future
Overview: Time is the continuous progression of our changing existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of ... 0
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Supernatural
Supposed phenomena that are not subject to the laws of nature
Overview: Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin supernaturalis, from Latin super-,("above, beyond, or outside of") + natura,("n ... 0
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Essence
That which makes or defines an entity what it isOverview: In philosophy, essence is the property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is ... 0
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Eudaimonia
Ancient Greek term for happiness or welfare
Overview: Eudaimonia (Greek: εὐδαιμονία sometimes anglicized as eudaemonia or eudemonia, ) is a Greek word commonly translated as 'happiness' or 'welfare'; however, more accurate translations have been proposed ... 0
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Tao
Chinese conceptOverview: Tao (, ) or Dao ( DOW; Chinese: 道; pinyin: Dào ) is a Chinese word signifying the "way", "path", "route", "road" or sometimes more loosely "doctrine", "principle" or "holistic beliefs". In the ... 0
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Intuition
Ability to acquire knowledge, without conscious reasoning
Overview: Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning. Different fields use the word "intuition" in very different ways, including but not limited to: direct access to ... 0
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Cosmos
orderly or harmonious system
Overview: The cosmos (Ancient Greek: κόσμος, kósmos) is an alternative name for the universe or its nature or order. Usage of the word cosmos implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly system or entity ... 0
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Paradox
statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true premises, leads to an apparently-self-contradictory conclusion
Overview: A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true or apparently true pr ... 0
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Self
individual person as the object of their own reflective consciousness
Overview: In philosophy, the self is an individual's own being, knowledge, and values, and the relationship between these attributes. 0
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Space
General framework of distances and directions according to a physical observer in its proper time
Overview: Space is a three-dimensional continuum containing positions and directions. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions. Modern physicists usually consider it, with ... 0
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Physical object
Identifiable collection of matter
Overview: In natural language and physical science, a physical object or material object (or simply an object or body) is a contiguous collection of matter, within a defined boundary (or surface), that exists in ... 0
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Phenomenon
Philosophical concept
Overview: A phenomenon (pl.: phenomena), sometimes spelled phaenomenon, is an observable event. The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant, who contrasted it with the noumenon, which ... 0
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Beauty
Characteristic of an animal, idea, object, person or place that provides a perceptual experience of pleasure or satisfaction.
Overview: Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes them pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, art and taste are the main subjects ... 0
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Information
That which informs; the answer to a question of some kind; that from which data and knowledge can be derived
Overview: Information is an abstract concept that refers to something which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level, it pertains to the interpretation (perhaps formally) of that which may be sensed ... 0
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Reality
Sum or aggregate of all that is real or existentOverview: Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within the universe, as opposed to that which is only imaginary, nonexistent or nonactual. The term is also used to refer to the ontological ... 0
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Good
Concept in religion, ethics, and philosophy
Overview: In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil, and is of ... 0
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Hauntology
Phenomenological state
Overview: Hauntology (a portmanteau of haunting and ontology) is a philosophical concept referring to the return or persistence of elements from the past, as in the manner of a ghost. The term was coined by French ... 0
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Qualia
Individual instances of subjective, conscious experience
Overview: In philosophy of mind, qualia ( or ; singular form: quale) are defined as instances of subjective, conscious experience. The term qualia derives from the Latin neuter plural form (qualia) of the Latin ... 0
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