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Conceptual distinctions

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a priori and a posteriori
two types of knowledge, justification, or argument
horror and terror
standard literary and psychological concept applied especially to Gothic literature and film
sex–gender distinction
differences between the spectrum of a number of bodily characteristics and the spectrum of identities that are a social construct
Apollonian and Dionysian
terms representing a dichotomy/dialectic between rationality and emotion
analytic–synthetic distinction
semantic distinction, used primarily in philosophy to distinguish propositions (in particular, statements that are affirmative subject–predicate judgments) into two types: analytic propositions and synthetic propositions
master–slave morality
central theme of Friedrich Nietzsche's works
literal and figurative language
distinction within some fields of language analysis
mass versus weight
(scientific contexts) mass refers loosely to the amount of "matter" in an object (though "matter" may be difficult to define), whereas weight refers to the force exerted on an object by gravity
type–token distinction
distinction that separates a concept from the objects which are particular instances of the concept
genus–differentia definition
type of intensional definition, and it is composed of two parts (genus (or family) and differentia)
Sense and reference
mathematical paper by Gottlob Frege
abstract and concrete
classifications that denote whether a term describes an object with a physical referent or one with no physical referents
use–mention distinction
in analytic philosophy, a distinction between using a word or phrase and mentioning it
Zhentong
Doctrine within Tibetan Buddhism
map–territory relation
relationship between an object and a representation of that object
Hume's fork
English philosophy
primary/secondary quality distinction
epistemological and metaphysical dualism in modern philosophy
fact–value distinction
epistemological distinction between statements of fact (positive, descriptive) based on reason and physical observation and statements of value (normative, prescriptive) about ethics and aesthetics, studied via axiology
distinction
fundamental philosophical abstraction; the recognition of difference
Idea–expression divide
concept in copyright law