+------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ | NAME | EXPLANATION | THEME | +------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+ | Absolutism | doctrine of government by a single absolute ruler; autocracy | Isms | | Absurdism | doctrine that we live in an irrational universe | Isms | | Academicism | doctrine that nothing can be known | Isms | | Accidentalism | theory that events do not have causes | Isms | | Acosmism | disbelief in existence of eternal universe distinct from God | Isms | | Adamitism | nakedness for religious reasons | Isms | | Adevism | denial of gods of mythology and legend | Isms | | Adiaphorism | doctrine of theological indifference | Isms | | Adoptionism | belief that Christ was the adopted and not natural son of God | Isms | | Aestheticism | doctrine that beauty is central to other moral principles | Isms | | Agapism | ethics of love | Isms | | Agathism | belief in ultimate triumph of good despite evil means | Isms | | Agnosticism | doctrine that we can know nothing beyond material phenomena | Isms | | Animism | attribution of soul to inanimate objects | Isms | | Anthropotheism | belief that gods are only deified men | Isms | | Antidisestablishmentarianism | doctrine opposed to removing Church of England's official religion status | Isms | | Antilapsarianism | denial of doctrine of the fall of humanity | Isms | | Antinomianism | doctrine of the rejection of moral law | Isms | | Antipedobaptism | denial of validity of infant baptism | Isms | | Apocalypticism | doctrine of the imminent end of the world | Isms | | Aspheterism | denial of the right to private property | Isms | | Atheism | belief that there is no God | Isms | | Atomism | belief that the universe consists of small indivisible particles | Isms | | Autosoterism | belief that one can obtain salvation through oneself | Isms | | Autotheism | belief that one is God incarnate or that one is Christ | Isms | | Bitheism | belief in two gods | Isms | | Bonism | the doctrine that the world is good but not perfect | Isms | | Bullionism | belief in the importance of metallic currency in economics | Isms | | Casualism | the belief that chance governs all things | Isms | | Catabaptism | belief in the wrongness of infant baptism | Isms | | Catastrophism | belief in rapid geological and biological change | Isms | | Collectivism | doctrine of communal control of means of production | Isms | | Collegialism | theory that church is independent from the state | Isms | | Conceptualism | theory that universal truths exist as mental concepts | Isms | | Conservatism | belief in maintaining political and social traditions | Isms | | Cosmism | belief that the cosmos is a self-existing whole | Isms | | Cosmotheism | the belief that identifies God with the cosmos | Isms | | Deism | belief in God but rejection of religion | Isms | | Determinism | doctrine that events are predetermined by preceding events or laws | Isms | | Diphysitism | belief in the dual nature of Christ | Isms | | Ditheism | belief in two equal gods, one good and one evil | Isms | | Ditheletism | doctrine that Christ had two wills | Isms | | Dualism | doctrine that the universe is controlled by one good and one evil force | Isms | | Egalitarianism | belief that humans ought to be equal in rights and privileges | Isms | | Egoism | doctrine that the pursuit of self-interest is the highest good | Isms | | Egotheism | identification of oneself with God | Isms | | Eidolism | belief in ghosts | Isms | | Emotivism | theory that moral statements are inherently biased | Isms | | Entryism | doctrine of joining a group to change its policies | Isms | | Epiphenomenalism | doctrine that mental processes are epiphenomena of brain activity | Isms | | Eternalism | the belief that matter has existed eternally | Isms | | Eudaemonism | ethical belief that happiness equals morality | Isms | | Euhemerism | explanation of mythology as growing out of history | Isms | | Existentialism | doctrine of individual human responsibility in an unfathomable universe | Isms | | Experientialism | doctrine that knowledge comes from experience | Isms | | Fallibilism | the doctrine that empirical knowledge is uncertain | Isms | | Fatalism | doctrine that events are fixed and humans are powerless | Isms | | Fideism | doctrine that knowledge depends on faith over reason | Isms | | Finalism | belief that an end has or can be reached | Isms | | Fortuitism | belief in evolution by chance variation | Isms | | Functionalism | doctrine emphasising utility and function | Isms | | Geocentrism | belief that Earth is the centre of the universe | Isms | | Gnosticism | belief that freedom derives solely from knowledge | Isms | | Gradualism | belief that things proceed by degrees | Isms | | Gymnobiblism | belief that the Bible can be presented to unlearned without commentary | Isms | | Hedonism | belief that pleasure is the highest good | Isms | | Henism | doctrine that there is only one kind of existence | Isms | | Henotheism | belief in one tribal god, but not as the only god | Isms | | Historicism | belief that all phenomena are historically determined | Isms | | Holism | belief that fundamental universal principle is creation of wholes | Isms | | Holobaptism | belief in baptism with total immersion in water | Isms | | Humanism | belief that human interests and mind are paramount | Isms | | Hylomorphism | belief that matter is cause of the universe | Isms | | Hylopathism | belief in ability of matter to affect the spiritual world | Isms | | Hylotheism | belief that the universe is purely material | Isms | | Hylozoism | doctrine that all matter is endowed with life | Isms | | Illuminism | belief in an inward spiritual light | Isms | | Illusionism | belief that the external world is philosophy | Isms | | Imagism | doctrine of use of precise images with unrestricted subject | Isms | | Immanentism | belief in an immanent or permanent god | Isms | | Immaterialism | the doctrine that there is no material substance | Isms | | Immoralism | rejection of morality | Isms | | Indifferentism | the belief that all religions are equally valid | Isms | | Individualism | belief that individual interests and rights are paramount | Isms | | Instrumentalism | doctrine that ideas are instruments of action | Isms | | Intellectualism | belief that all knowledge is derived from reason | Isms | | Interactionism | belief that mind and body act on each other | Isms | | Introspectionism | doctrine that knowledge of mind must derive from introspection | Isms | | Intuitionism | belief that the perception of truth is by intuition | Isms | | Kathenotheism | polytheism in which each god is considered single and supreme | Isms | | Kenotism | doctrine that Christ rid himself of divinity in becoming human | Isms | | Laicism | doctrine of opposition to clergy and priests | Isms | | Latitudinarianism | doctrine of broad liberality in religious belief and conduct | Isms | | Laxism | belief that an unlikely opinion may be safely followed | Isms | | Legalism | belief that salvation depends on strict adherence to the law | Isms | | Liberalism | doctrine of social change and tolerance | Isms | | Libertarianism | doctrine that personal liberty is the highest value | Isms | | Malism | the belief that the world is evil | Isms | | Materialism | belief that matter is the only extant substance | Isms | | Mechanism | belief that life is explainable by mechanical forces | Isms | | Meliorism | the belief the world tends to become better | Isms | | Mentalism | belief that the world can be explained as aspect of the mind | Isms | | Messianism | belief in a single messiah or saviour | Isms | | Millenarianism | belief that an ideal society will be produced in the near future | Isms | | Modalism | belief in unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit | Isms | | Monadism | theory that there exist ultimate units of being | Isms | | Monergism | theory that the Holy Spirit alone can act | Isms | | Monism | belief that all things can be placed in one category | Isms | | Monophysitism | belief that Christ was primarily divine but in human form | Isms | | Monopsychism | belief that individuals have a single eternal soul | Isms | | Monotheism | belief in only one God | Isms | | Monotheletism | belief that Christ had only one will | Isms | | Mortalism | belief that the soul is mortal | Isms | | Mutualism | belief in mutual dependence of society and the individual | Isms | | Nativism | belief that the mind possesses inborn thoughts | Isms | | Naturalism | belief that the world can be explained in terms of natural forces | Isms | | Necessarianism | theory that actions are determined by prior history | Isms | | Neonomianism | theory that the gospel abrogates earlier moral codes | Isms | | Neovitalism | theory that total material explanation is impossible | Isms | | Nihilism | denial of all reality | Isms | | Nominalism | doctrine that naming of things defines reality | Isms | | Nomism | view that moral conduct consists in observance of laws | Isms | | Noumenalism | belief in existence of noumena | Isms | | Nullibilism | denial that the soul exists in space | Isms | | Numenism | belief in local deities or spirits | Isms | | Objectivism | doctrine that all reality is objective | Isms | | Omnism | belief in all religions | Isms | | Optimism | doctrine that we live in the best of all possible worlds | Isms | | Organicism | conception of life or society as an organism | Isms | | Paedobaptism | doctrine of infant baptism | Isms | | Panaesthetism | theory that consciousness may inhere generally in matter | Isms | | Pancosmism | theory that the material universe is all that exists | Isms | | Panentheism | belief that world is part but not all of God's being | Isms | | Panpsychism | theory that all nature has a psychic side | Isms | | Pansexualism | theory that all thought is derived from sexual instinct | Isms | | Panspermatism | belief in origin of life from extraterrestrial germs | Isms | | Pantheism | belief that the universe is God; belief in many gods | Isms | | Panzoism | belief that humans and animals share vital life energy | Isms | | Parallelism | belief that matter and mind don't interact but relate | Isms | | Perfectibilism | doctrine that humans capable of becoming perfect | Isms | | Perfectionism | doctrine that moral perfection constitutes the highest value | Isms | | Personalism | doctrine that humans possess spiritual freedom | Isms | | Pessimism | doctrine that the universe is essentially evil | Isms | | Phenomenalism | belief that phenomena are the only realities | Isms | | Physicalism | belief that all phenomena reducible to verifiable assertions | Isms | | Physitheism | attribution of physical form and attributes to deities | Isms | | Pluralism | belief that reality consists of several kinds or entities | Isms | | Polytheism | belief in multiple deities | Isms | | Positivism | doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable | Isms | | Pragmatism | doctrine emphasizing practical value of philosophy | Isms | | Predestinarianism | belief that what ever is to happen is already fixed | Isms | | Prescriptivism | belief that moral edicts are merely orders with no truth value | Isms | | Primitivism | doctrine that a simple and natural life is morally best | Isms | | Privatism | attitude of avoiding involvement in outside interests | Isms | | Probabiliorism | belief that when in doubt one must choose most likely answer | Isms | | Probabilism | belief that knowledge is always probable but never absolute | Isms | | Psilanthropism | denial of Christ's divinity | Isms | | Psychism | belief in universal soul | Isms | | Psychomorphism | doctrine that inanimate objects have human mentality | Isms | | Psychopannychism | belief that souls sleep from death to resurrection | Isms | | Psychotheism | doctrine that God is a purely spiritual entity | Isms | | Pyrrhonism | total or radical skepticism | Isms | | Quietism | doctrine of enlightenment through mental tranquility | Isms | | Racism | belief that race is the primary determinant of human capacities | Isms | | Realism | doctrine that objects of cognition are real | Isms | | Reductionism | belief that complex phenomena are reducible to simple ones | Isms | | Regalism | doctrine of the monarch's supremacy in church affairs | Isms | | Representationalism | doctrine that ideas rather than external objects are basis of knowledge | Isms | | Republicanism | belief that a republic is the best form of government | Isms | | Romanticism | belief in sentimental feeling in artistic expression | Isms | | Sacerdotalism | belief that priests are necessary mediators between God and mankind | Isms | | Sacramentarianism | belief that sacraments have unusual properties | Isms | | Scientism | belief that the methods of science are universally applicable | Isms | | Self-determinism | doctrine that the actions of a self are determined by itself | Isms | | Sensationalism | belief that ideas originate solely in sensation | Isms | | Siderism | belief that the stars influence human affairs | Isms | | Skepticism | doctrine that true knowledge is always uncertain | Isms | | Socialism | doctrine of centralized state control of wealth and property | Isms | | Solarism | excessive use of solar myths in explaining mythology | Isms | | Solifidianism | doctrine that faith alone will ensure salvation | Isms | | Solipsism | theory that self-existence is the only certainty | Isms | | Spatialism | doctrine that matter has only spatial, temporal and causal properties | Isms | | Spiritualism | belief that nothing is real except the soul or spirit | Isms | | Stercoranism | belief that the consecrated Eucharist is digested and evacuated | Isms | | Stoicism | belief in indifference to pleasure or pain | Isms | | Subjectivism | doctrine that all knowledge is subjective | Isms | | Substantialism | belief that there is a real existence underlying phenomena | Isms | | Syndicalism | doctrine of direct worker control of capital | Isms | | Synergism | belief that human will and divine spirit cooperate in salvation | Isms | | Terminism | doctrine that there is a time limit for repentance | Isms | | Thanatism | belief that the soul dies with the body | Isms | | Theism | belief in the existence of God without special revelation | Isms | | Theocentrism | belief that God is central fact of existence | Isms | | Theopantism | belief that God is the only reality | Isms | | Theopsychism | belief that the soul is of a divine nature | Isms | | Thnetopsychism | belief that the soul dies with the body, to be reborn on day of judgement | Isms | | Titanism | spirit of revolt or defiance against social conventions | Isms | | Tolerationism | doctrine of toleration of religious differences | Isms | | Totemism | belief that a group has a special kinship with an object or animal | Isms | | Transcendentalism | theory that emphasizes that which transcends perception | Isms | | Transmigrationism | belief that soul passes into other body at death | Isms | | Trialism | doctrine that humans have three separate essences (body, soul, spirit) | Isms | | Tritheism | belief that the members of the Trinity are separate gods | Isms | | Triumphalism | belief in the superiority of one particular religious creed | Isms | | Tuism | theory that individuals have a second or other self | Isms | | Tutiorism | doctrine that one should take the safer moral course | Isms | | Tychism | theory that accepts role of pure chance | Isms | | Ubiquitarianism | belief that Christ is everywhere | Isms | | Undulationism | theory that light consists of waves | Isms | | Universalism | belief in universal salvation | Isms | | Utilitarianism | belief that utility of actions determines moral value | Isms | | Vitalism | the doctrine that there is a vital force behind life | Isms | | Voluntarism | belief that the will dominates the intellect | Isms | | Zoism | doctrine that life originates from a single vital principle | Isms | | Zoomorphism | conception of a god or man in animal form | Isms | | Zootheism | attribution of divine qualities to animal | Isms |