Antecedent

Antecedent: Sentences following “if” and preceding “then” in conditional claims. Source: ‘What is Good? What is Bad? The Value of All Values across Time, Place and Theories’ by John McMurtry, Philosophy and World Problems, Volume I-III, UNESCO in partnership with Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: Oxford, 2004-11. 

Anti-foundationalism

Anti-foundationalism: A generic term for the dominant trend of philosophy over the recent century whose unifying characteristic is denial of any universal truths or values. A generic term for the dominant trend of philosophy over the recent century embracing many contemporary philosophers and schools of thought whose unifying characteristic is denial of any universal necessities of self,… Read More

Antinomy

Antinomy: A special form of contradiction in which the conclusions of two arguments on the same subject are valid but contrary to each other. Source: ‘What is Good? What is Bad? The Value of All Values across Time, Place and Theories’ by John McMurtry, Philosophy and World Problems, Volume I-III, UNESCO in partnership with Encyclopedia of Life Support… Read More