Philosophy terms

What word means for a specific purpose? It is also an extraneous hypothesis to a theory to save it from being falsified.

Repeating over and over or seemingly without limit.

The philosophical theory that the self is all that exists. The quality of being selfish.

To be selfless or to act in the best interest of others.

A feeling of deep anxiety or dread

Reasoning that works backwards from effect to cause or involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles

Knowledge that can be acquired without experience

A person's right to act on their own or self-govern

The idea that all events are determined by faith or existing causes

A theory that all knowledge comes from the experience and observations