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Absolutism
believes in the theory
Government by a Single Absolute Ruler; Autocracy
Absurdism
believes in the theory
We Live in an Irrational Universe
Academicism
believes in the theory
Nothing Can Be Known
Accidentalism
believes in the theory
Events Do Not Have Causes
Acosmism
believes in the theory
Disbelief in Existence of Eternal Universe Distinct from God
Adamitism
believes in the theory
Nakedness for Religious Reasons
Adevism
believes in the theory
Denial of Gods of Mythology and Legend
Adiaphorism
believes in the theory
Theological Indifference or Latitudinarianism
Adoptionism
believes in the theory
Christ Was the Adopted and Not Natural Son of God
Aestheticism
believes in the theory
Beauty is Central to Other Moral Principles
Agapism
believes in the theory
Ethics of Love
Agathism
believes in the theory
Ultimate Triumph of Good Despite Evil Means
Agnosticism
believes in the theory
We Know Nothing Beyond Material Phenomena
Anarchism
believes in the theory
All Governments Should Be Abolished
Animism
believes in the theory
Attribution of Soul to Inanimate Objects
Annihilationism
believes in the theory
The Wicked Are Utterly Destroyed After Death
Anthropomorphism
believes in the theory
Attribution of Human Qualities to Non-human Things
Anthropotheism
believes in the theory
Gods Are Only Deified Men
Antidisestablishmentarianism
believes in the theory
Opposition to Removal of Church of England's Official Religion Status
Antilapsarianism
believes in the theory
The Fall of Humanity
Antinomianism
believes in the theory
The Rejection of Moral Law
Antipedobaptism
believes in the theory
Denial of Validity of Infant Baptism
Apocalypticism
believes in the theory
The Imminent End of the World
Asceticism
believes in the theory
Self-denial of the Body Permits Spiritual Enlightenment
Aspheterism
believes in the theory
Denial of the Right to Private Property
Atheism
believes in the theory
There is No God
Atomism
believes in the theory
The Universe Consists of Small Indivisible Particles
Autosoterism
believes in the theory
One Can Obtain Salvation Through Oneself
Autotheism
believes in the theory
One is God Incarnate or That One is Christ
Bitheism
believes in the theory
Two Gods
Bonism
believes in the theory
The World is Good but Not Perfect
Bullionism
believes in the theory
The Importance of Metallic Currency in Economics
Capitalism
believes in the theory
Private Ownership and Free Markets Should Govern Economics
Casualism
believes in the theory
Chance Governs All Things
Catabaptism
believes in the theory
Opposition to Infant Baptism
Catastrophism
believes in the theory
Rapid Geological and Biological Change
Collectivism
believes in the theory
Communal Control of Means of Production
Collegialism
believes in the theory
Church is Dependent from the State
Conceptualism
believes in the theory
Universal Truths Exist As Mental Concepts
Conservatism
believes in the theory
Maintaining Political and Social Traditions
Constructivism
believes in the theory
Knowledge and Reality Do Not Have an Objective Value
Cosmism
believes in the theory
Cosmos is a Self-existing Whole
Cosmotheism
believes in the theory
Identifies God With the Cosmos
Deism
believes in the theory
God but Rejection of Religion
Determinism
believes in the theory
Events Are Predetermined by Preceding Events or Laws
Ditheism
believes in the theory
Two Equal Gods, One Good and One Evil
Ditheletism
believes in the theory
Christ Had Two Wills
Dphysitism
believes in the theory
Dual Nature of Christ
Dualism
believes in the theory
Universe is Controlled by One Good and One Evil Force
Egalitarianism
believes in the theory
Humans Ought to Be Equal in Rights and Privileges
Egoism
believes in the theory
Pursuit of Self-interest is the Highest Good
Egotheism
believes in the theory
Identification of Oneself With God
Eidolism
believes in the theory
Ghosts
Emotivism
believes in the theory
Moral Statements Are Inherently Biased
Empiricism
believes in the theory
Experience of the Senses is the Only Source of Knowledge
Entryism
believes in the theory
Joining a Group to Change Its Policies
Epiphenomenalism
believes in the theory
Mental Processes Are Epiphenomena of Brain Activity
Eternalism
believes in the theory
Matter Has Existed Eternally
Eudaemonism Ethical
believes in the theory
Happiness Equals Morality
Euhemerism
believes in the theory
Explanation of Mythology As Growing out of History
Existentialism
believes in the theory
Individual Human Responsibility in an Unfathomable Universe
Experientialism
believes in the theory
Knowledge Comes from Experience
Fallibilism
believes in the theory
Empirical Knowledge is Uncertain
Fatalism
believes in the theory
Events Are Fixed and Humans Are Powerless
Fideism
believes in the theory
Knowledge Depends on Faith over Reason
Finalism
believes in the theory
An End Has or Can Be Reached
Fortuitism
believes in the theory
Evolution by Chance Variation
Functionalism
believes in the theory
Emphasising Utility and Function
Geocentrism
believes in the theory
Earth is the Centre of the Universe
Gnosticism
believes in the theory
Freedom Derives Solely from Knowledge
Gradualism
believes in the theory
Things Proceed by Degrees
Gymnobiblism
believes in the theory
Bible Can Be Presented to Unlearned Without Commentary
Hedonism
believes in the theory
Pleasure is the Highest Good
Henism
believes in the theory
There is Only One Kind of Existence
Henotheism
believes in the theory
One Tribal God, but Not As the Only God
Historicism
believes in the theory
All Phenomena Are Historically Determined
Holism
believes in the theory
Parts of Any Thing Must Be Understood in Relation to the Whole
Holobaptism
believes in the theory
Baptism With Total Immersion in Water
Humanism
believes in the theory
Human Interests and Mind Are Paramount
Humanitarianism
believes in the theory
Highest Moral Obligation is to Improve Human Welfare
Hylicism
believes in the theory
Materialism
Hylomorphism
believes in the theory
Matter is Cause of the Universe
Hylopathism
believes in the theory
Ability of Matter to Affect the Spiritual World
Hylotheism
believes in the theory
Universe is Purely Material
Hylozoism
believes in the theory
All Matter is Endowed With Life
Idealism
believes in the theory
Our Experiences of the World Consist of Ideas
Identism
believes in the theory
Objective and Subjective, or Matter and Mind, Are Identical
Ignorantism
believes in the theory
Ignorance is a Favourable Thing
Illuminism
believes in the theory
An Inward Spiritual Light
Illusionism
believes in the theory
External World is Philosophy
Imagism
believes in the theory
Use of Precise Images With Unrestricted Subject
Immanentism
believes in the theory
An Immanent or Permanent God
Immanent means inherent in the world or the individual
Immaterialism
believes in the theory
There is No Material Substance
Immoralism
believes in the theory
Rejection of Morality
Indifferentism
believes in the theory
All Religions Are Equally Valid
Individualism
believes in the theory
Individual Interests and Rights Are Paramount
Instrumentalism
believes in the theory
Ideas Are Instruments of Action
Intellectualism
believes in the theory
All Knowledge is Derived from Reason
Interactionism
believes in the theory
Mind and Body Act on Each Other
Introspectionism
believes in the theory
Knowledge of Mind Must Derive from Introspection
Intuitionism
believes in the theory
Perception of Truth is by Intuition
Irreligionism
believes in the theory
System of Belief That is Hostile to Religions
Kathenotheism
believes in the theory
Polytheism in Which Each God is Considered Single and Supreme
Kenotism
believes in the theory
Christ Rid Himself of Divinity in Becoming Human
Laicism
believes in the theory
Opposition to Clergy and Priests
Latitudinarianism
believes in the theory
Broad Liberality in Religious Belief and Conduct
Laxism
believes in the theory
An Unlikely Opinion May Be Safely Followed
Legalism
believes in the theory
Salvation Depends on Strict Adherence to the Law
Liberalism
believes in the theory
Social Change and Tolerance
Libertarianism
believes in the theory
Personal Liberty is the Highest Value
Malism
believes in the theory
The World is Evil
Materialism
believes in the theory
Matter is Only Extant Substance
Mechanism
believes in the theory
Life is Explainable by Mechanical Forces
Meliorism
believes in the theory
The World Tends to Become Better
Mentalism
believes in the theory
The World Can Be Explained As Aspect of the Mind
Messianism
believes in the theory
A Single Messiah or Saviour
Millenarianism
believes in the theory
Ideal Society Will Be Produced in the Near Future
Modalism
believes in the theory
Unity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Monadism
believes in the theory
There Exist Ultimate Units of Being
Monergism
believes in the theory
The Holy Spirit Alone Can Act
Monism
believes in the theory
All Things Can Be Placed in One Category
Monophysitism
believes in the theory
Christ Was Primarily Divine but in Human Form
Monopsychism
believes in the theory
Individuals Have a Single Eternal Soul
Monotheism
believes in the theory
Only One God
Monotheletism
believes in the theory
Christ Only Had One Will
Mortalism
believes in the theory
The Soul is Mortal
Mutualism
believes in the theory
Mutual Dependence of Society and the Individual
Nativism
believes in the theory
The Mind Possesses Inborn Thoughts
Naturalism
believes in the theory
The World Can Be Explained in Terms of Natural Forces
Necessarianism
believes in the theory
Actions Are Determined by Prior History; Fatalism
Neonomianism
believes in the theory
The Gospel Abrogates Earlier Moral Codes
Neovitalism
believes in the theory
The Total Material Explanation is Impossible
Nihilism
believes in the theory
Denial of All Reality; Extreme Scepticism
Nominalism
believes in the theory
Naming of Things Defines Reality
Nomism
believes in the theory
Moral Conduct Consists in Observance of Laws
Noumenalism
believes in the theory
Existence of Noumena
Nullibilism
believes in the theory
Denial That the Soul Exists in Space
Numenism
believes in the theory
Local Deities or Spirits
Objectivism
believes in the theory
All Reality is Objective
Omnism
believes in the theory
All Religions
Optimism
believes in the theory
We Live in the Best of All Possible Worlds
Organicism
believes in the theory
Conception of Life or Society As an Organism
Paedobaptism
believes in the theory
Infant Baptism
Panaesthetism
believes in the theory
Consciousness May Adhere Generally in Matter
Pancosmism
believes in the theory
The Material Universe is All That Exists
Panegoism
believes in the theory
Solipsism
Panentheism
believes in the theory
The World is Part but Not All of God's Being
Panpsychism
believes in the theory
All Nature Has a Psychic Side
Pansexualism
believes in the theory
All Thought Derived from Sexual Instinct
Panspermatism
believes in the theory
Origin of Life from Extraterrestrial Germs
Pantheism
believes in the theory
The Universe is God
Panzoism
believes in the theory
Humans and Animals Share Vital Life Energy
Parallelism
believes in the theory
Matter and Mind Don't Interact but Relate
Pejorism
believes in the theory
Severe Pessimism
Perfectibilism
believes in the theory
Humans Capable of Becoming Perfect
Perfectionism
believes in the theory
Moral Perfection Constitutes the Highest Value
Personalism
believes in the theory
Humans Possess Spiritual Freedom
Pessimism
believes in the theory
The Universe is Essentially Evil
Phenomenalism
believes in the theory
Phenomena Are the Only Realities
Physicalism
believes in the theory
All Phenomena Reducible to Verifiable Assertions
Physitheism
believes in the theory
Attribution of Physical Form and Attributes to Deities
Pluralism
believes in the theory
Reality Consists of Several Kinds of Entities
Polytheism
believes in the theory
Multiple Deities
Positivism
believes in the theory
That Which is Not Observable is Not Knowable
Pragmatism
believes in the theory
Emphasizing Practical Value of Philosophy
Predestinarianism
believes in the theory
What Ever is to Happen is Already Fixed
Prescriptivism
believes in the theory
Moral Edicts Are Merely Orders With No Truth Value
Primitivism
believes in the theory
A Simple and Natural Life is Morally Best
Privatism
believes in the theory
Attitude of Avoiding Involvement in Outside Interests
Probabiliorism
believes in the theory
When in Doubt One Must Choose Most Likely Answer
Probabilism
believes in the theory
Knowledge is Always Probable but Never Absolute
Psilanthropism
believes in the theory
Denial of Christ's Divinity
Psychism
believes in the theory
Universal Soul
Psychomorphism
believes in the theory
Inanimate Objects Have Human Mentality
Psychopannychism
believes in the theory
Souls Sleep from Death to Resurrection
Pychotheism
believes in the theory
God is a Purely Spirtual Entity
Pyrrhonism
believes in the theory
Total or Radical Scepticism
Quietism
believes in the theory
Enlightenment Through Mental Tranquility
Racism
believes in the theory
Race is the Primary Determinant of Human Capacities
Rationalism
believes in the theory
Reason is the Fundamental Source of Knowledge
Realism
believes in the theory
Objects of Cognition Are Real
Reductionism
believes in the theory
Complex Phenomena Are Reducible to Simple Ones
Regalism
believes in the theory
The Monarch's Supremacy in Church Affairs
Representationalism
believes in the theory
Ideas Rather Than External Objects Are Basis of Knowledge
Republicanism
believes in the theory
A Republic is the Best Form of Government
Resistentialism
believes in the theory
Inanimate Objects Display Malice Towards Humans
Romanticism
believes in the theory
Sentimental Feeling in Artistic Expression
Sacerdotalism
believes in the theory
Priests Are Necessary Mediators Between God and Mankind
Sacramentarianism
believes in the theory
Sacraments Have Unusual Properties
Scientism
believes in the theory
Methods of Science Are Universally Applicable
Self-determinism
believes in the theory
The Actions of a Self Are Determined by Itself
Sensationalism
believes in the theory
Ideas Originate Solely in Sensation
Siderism
believes in the theory
The Stars Influence Human Affairs
Skepticism
believes in the theory
The True Knowledge is Always Uncertain
Socialism
believes in the theory
Centralized State Control of Wealth and Property
Solarism
believes in the theory
Excessive Use of Solar Myths in Explaining Mythology
Solifidianism
believes in the theory
Faith Alone Will Ensure Salvation
Solipsism
believes in the theory
Self-existence is the Only Certainty
Spatialism
believes in the theory
Matter Has Only Spatial, Temporal and Casual Properties
Spiritualism
believes in the theory
Nothing is Real Except the Soul or Spirit
Stercoranism
believes in the theory
The Consecrated Eucharist is Digested and Evacuated
Stoicism
believes in the theory
Indifference to Pleasure or Pain
Subjectivism
believes in the theory
All Knowledge is Subjective
Substantialism
believes in the theory
There is a Real Existence Underlying Phenomena
Syndicalism
believes in the theory
Direct Worker Control of Capital
Synergism
believes in the theory
Human and Divine Spirit Cooperate in Salvation
Terminism
believes in the theory
There is a Time Limit for Repentance
Thanatism
believes in the theory
The Soul Dies With the Body
Theism
believes in the theory
The Existence of God Without Special Revelation
Theocentrism
believes in the theory
God is Central Fact of Existence
Theopantism
believes in the theory
God is the Only Reality
Theopsychism
believes in the theory
The Soul is of a Divine Nature
Thnetopsychism
believes in the theory
The Soul Dies With the Body, to Be Reborn on Day of Judgement
Titanism
believes in the theory
Spirit of Revolt or Defiance Against Social Conventions
Tolerationism
believes in the theory
Toleration of Religious Differences
Totemism
believes in the theory
A Group Has a Special Kinship With an Object or Animal
Transcendentalism
believes in the theory
Emphasizes That Which Transcends Perception
Transmigrationism
believes in the theory
The Soul Passes Into Other Body at Death
Trialism
believes in the theory
Humans Have Three Separate Essences (body, Soul, Spirit)
Tritheism
believes in the theory
Members of the Trinity Are Separate Gods
Triumphalism
believes in the theory
The Superiority of One Particular Religious Creed
Tuism
believes in the theory
Individuals Have a Second or Other Self
Tutiorism
believes in the theory
One Should Take the Safer Moral Course
Tychism
believes in the theory
Accepts Role of Pure Chance
Ubiquitarianism
believes in the theory
Christ is Everywhere
Undulationism
believes in the theory
Light Consists of Waves
Universalism
believes in the theory
Universal Salvation
Utilitarianism
believes in the theory
Utility of Actions Determines Moral Value
Vitalism
believes in the theory
That There is a Vital Force Behind Life
Voluntarism
believes in the theory
The Will Dominates the Intellect
Zoism
believes in the theory
Life Originates from a Single Vital Principle
Zoomorphism
believes in the theory
Conception of a God or Man in Animal Form
Zootheism
believes in the theory
Attribution of Divine Qualities to Animals
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