ParentingParenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and educational development from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the…View analysis →
HermeticismHermeticism, or Hermetism, is a philosophical and religious tradition rooted in the teachings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic figure combining elements of the…View analysis →
ImmanenceThe doctrine or theory of immanence holds that the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world. It is held by some philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine…View analysis →
LogicismIn philosophy of mathematics, logicism is a school of thought comprising one or more of the theses that – for some coherent meaning of 'logic' – mathematics is an extension of…View analysis →
RightsRights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people…View analysis →
PleasurePleasure is an experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad. It is closely related to…View analysis →
Rule of inferenceRules of inference are ways of deriving conclusions from premises. They are integral parts of formal logic, serving as the logical structure of valid arguments. If an argument…View analysis →
Applied behavior analysisApplied behavior analysis (ABA), also referred to as behavioral engineering, is a psychological discipline that uses respondent and operant conditioning to change human and…View analysis →
FatherA father, dad, or daddy, is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his child or children, fathers may have a parental, legal, and social…View analysis →
EnactivismEnactivism is a position in cognitive science that argues that cognition arises through interaction between an acting organism and its environment, with historical roots in…View analysis →
PerfectionPerfection is a state, variously, of completeness, flawlessness, or supreme excellence.View analysis →
Prosocial behaviorProsocial behavior is a social behavior that "benefit other people or society as a whole", "such as helping, sharing, donating, co-operating, and volunteering". The person may or…View analysis →
MolinismMolinism, named after 16th-century Spanish Jesuit theologian Luis de Molina, is the thesis that God has middle knowledge (or scientia media): the knowledge of counterfactuals…View analysis →
Process philosophyProcess philosophy (also ontology of becoming or processism) is an approach in philosophy that identifies processes, changes, or shifting relationships as the only real…View analysis →
Potentiality and actualityIn philosophy, potentiality and actuality are a pair of closely connected principles which Aristotle used to analyze motion, causality, ethics, and physiology in his Physics…View analysis →
Tabula rasaTabula rasa (/ˈtæb.(j)ə.lə ˈrɑː.sə, -.zə, ˈreɪ.-/; Latin for "blank slate") is the idea of individuals being born empty of any built-in mental content, so that all knowledge…View analysis →
Group dynamicsGroup dynamics is a system of behaviors and psychological processes occurring within a social group (intragroup dynamics), or between social groups (intergroup dynamics). The…View analysis →
Self-referenceSelf-reference is a concept that involves referring to oneself or one's own attributes, characteristics, or actions. It can occur in language, logic, mathematics, philosophy, and…View analysis →
AnthropometryAnthropometry (/ænθrəˈpɒmɪtrɪ/ ⓘ, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) 'human' and μέτρον (métron) 'measure') refers to the measurement of the human individual. An early tool…View analysis →
SentienceSentience is the ability to experience feelings and sensations. It may not necessarily imply higher cognitive functions such as awareness, reasoning, or complex thought…View analysis →
IndexicalityIn semiotics, linguistics, anthropology, and philosophy of language, indexicality is the phenomenon of a sign pointing to (or indexing) some element in the context in which it…View analysis →
Emotional dysregulationEmotional dysregulation is characterized by an inability to flexibly respond to and manage emotional states, resulting in intense and prolonged emotional reactions that deviate…View analysis →
ConnectionismConnectionism is an approach to the study of human mental processes and cognition that utilizes mathematical models known as connectionist networks or artificial neural networks.View analysis →
Moe anthropomorphismMoe anthropomorphism (Japanese: 萌え擬人化, Hepburn: moe gijinka) is a form of anthropomorphism in anime, manga and games where moe qualities are given to non-human beings (such as…View analysis →
Moral responsibilityIn philosophy, moral responsibility is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission in accordance with one's moral obligations…View analysis →
EgalitarianismEgalitarianism (from French égal 'equal'; also equalitarianism) is a school of thought within political philosophy that builds on the concept of social equality, prioritizing it…View analysis →
ConformitySocial Conformity or Social conformism is the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms, politics or being like-minded. Norms are implicit, specific rules…View analysis →
Ethical consumerismEthical consumerism, also known as ethical consumption, ethical purchasing, moral purchasing, ethical sourcing, or ethical shopping, and is also associated with sustainable and…View analysis →
Reductio ad absurdumIn logic, reductio ad absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity"), apagogical argument, or proof by…View analysis →
Applied philosophyApplied philosophy (philosophy from Greek: φιλοσοφία, philosophia, 'love of wisdom') is a branch of philosophy that studies philosophical problems of practical concern. The topic…View analysis →
HowTheLightGetsIn FestivalHowTheLightGetsIn Festival is a philosophy and music festival, hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas. It aims "to get philosophy out of the academy and into people's lives" by…View analysis →
Moral psychologyMoral psychology is the study of human thought and behavior in ethical contexts. Historically, the term "moral psychology" was used relatively narrowly to refer to the study of…View analysis →
CullingCulling is the process of segregating organisms from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics. In animal breeding, it is removing or segregating animals from a…View analysis →
Western valuesWestern values refer to the set of social, political, and philosophical principles that have developed in the Western world, particularly in Europe and North America, and have…View analysis →
Self-awarenessIn the philosophy of self, self-awareness is the awareness and reflection of one's own personality or individuality, including traits, feelings, and behaviors. It is not to be…View analysis →
DogmaDogma, in its broadest sense, is any belief held definitively and without the possibility of reform. It may be in the form of an official system of principles or doctrines:View analysis →
