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- absurdism: we live in an irrational universe
- academicism: nothing can be known
- accidentalism: events do not have causes
- aestheticism: beauty = central to other moral principles
- agathism: ultimate triumph of good despite evil means
- agnosticism: we can know nothing beyond material phenomena
- anarchism: all governments should be abolished
- animism: attribution of soul to inanimate objects
- annhilationism: the wicked are utterly destroyed after death
- anthropomorphism: attributes human qualities to non-human things
- apocalypticism: the imminent end of the world
- ascetism: self-denial of body = spiritual enlightenment
- atheism: there is no god
- atomism: the universe consists of small indivisible particles
- autosoterism: one can obtain salvation through oneself
- autotheism: belief that one is god incarnate/one is christ
- bitheism: two gods
- bonism: the world is good but not perfect
- casualism: chance governs all things
- catastrophism: rapid geological & biological change
- collectivism: communal control of means of production
- conceptualism: universal truths exist as mental concepts
- constructivism: knowledge & reality have no objective value
- cosmism: the cosmos is a self-existing whole
- deism: belief in god but rejection of religion
- determinism: events = predetermined by preceding events/laws
- ditheism: belief in 2 gods (1 good & 1 evil)
- dualism: the universe is controlled by 1 good + 1 evil force
- egoism: the pursuit of self-interest = the highest good
- egotheism: identification of oneself w/ god
- eidolism: belief in ghosts
- emotivism: moral statements are inherently biased
- empiricism: the experience of the senses = only source of knowledge
- entryism: join a group to change its policies
- epiphenomenalism: mental processes = epiphenomena of brain activity
- eternalism: matter has existed eternally
- eudaemonism: ethical belief that happiness = morality
- existentialism: indiv human responsibility in unfathomable universe
- experimentialism: knowledge comes from experience
- fatalism: events are fixed & humans are powerless
- fortuitism: evolution by chance variation
- gnosticism: freedom derives solely from knowledge
- gradualism: things proceed by degrees
- holism: any thing's parts must be understood i/r/t the whole
- humanitarianism: highest moral obligation = improve human welfare
- hylopathism: ability to affect the spiritual world
- hylozoism: all matter is endowed with life
- idealism: our experiences of the world consists of ideas
- identism: objective & subjective (matter & mind) are identical
- ignorantism: ignorance is a favorable thing
- illuminism: an inward spiritual light
- illusionism: the external world is philosophy
- imagism: use of precise images w/ unrestricted subject
- immanentism: belief in an immanent or permanent god
- immoralism: rejection of morality
- indifferentism: all religions are equally valid
- individualism: individual interests/rights = paramount
- instrumentalism: ideas are instruments of action
- intellectualism: all knowledge is derived from reason
- interactionism: mind & body act on each other
- intuitionism: the perception of truth is by intuition
- irreligionism: system of belief that is hostile to religions
- liberalism: social change & tolerance
- libertarianism: personal liberty = the highest value
- malism: the world is evil
- materialism: matter = the only extant substance
- meliorism: the world tends to become better
- mentalism: the world can be explained as aspect of the mind
- millenarianism: an ideal society will be made in near future
- monadism: there exist ultimate units of being
- monism: all things can be placed in 1 category
- monopsychism: individuals have a single eternal soul
- mortalism: the soul is mortal
- mutualism: mutual dependence of society & the individual
- nativism: the mind possess inborn thoughts
- nihilism: denial of all reality; extreme skepticism
- nominalism: naming of things defines reality
- nomism: moral conduct consists in observance of laws
- noumenalism: belief in existence of noumena
- nullibilism: denial that the soul exists in space
- numenism: belief in local deities or spirits
- omnism: belief in all religions
- optimism: we live in the best of all possible worlds
- organicism: conception of life or society as an organism
- pantheism: the universe is god; belief in many gods
- parallelism: matter & mind don't interact but relate
- perfectibilism: humans are capable of becoming perfect
- perfectionism: moral perfection = the highest value
- personalism: humans possess spiritual freedom
- phenomenalism: phenomena are the only realities
- pluralism: reality consists of several kinds or entities
- positivism: that which isn't observable isn't knowable
- pragmatism: emphasizes practical value of philosophy
- predestinarianism: what ever is to happen is already fixed
- prescriptivism: moral edicts are merely orders w/o truth value
- probablism: knowledge is always probable but nvr absolute
- psychism: belief in universal soul
- psychomorphism: inanimate objects have human mentalities
- quietism: enlightenment through mental tranquility
- realism: objects of cognition are real
- self-determinism: a self's actions are determined by itself
- sensationalism: ideas originate solely in sensation
- siderism: the stars influence human affairs
- skepticism: true knowledge is always uncertain
- solarism: excessive use of solar myths in explaining mythology
- solipsism: self-existence is the only certainty
- somatism: materialism
- spiritualism: nothing is real except the soul or spirit
- stoicism: indifference to pleasure or pain
- substantialism: there is a real existence underlying phenomena
- synergism: human-will & divine-spirit cooperate in salvation
- totemism: special kinships w/ objects or animals
- transcendentalism: emphasizes that which transcends perception
- transmigrationism: the soul passes into another body at death
- trialism: humans have 3 separate essences (body/soul/spirit)
- tuism: individuals have a second/other self
- tychism: accepts role of pure chance
- ubiquitarianism: christ is everywhere
- undulationism: light consists of waves
- universalism: belief in universal salvation
- voluntarism: the will dominates the intellect
- zoism: life originates from a single vital principle
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