the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience |
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good |
any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation | the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes |
| subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes |