- in
which an
undesirable outcome is anti****ted from a
given situation.
Pessimists tend to
focus on the
negatives of life in general. A
common question asked...
- In the
philosophy of science, the
pessimistic induction, also
known as the
pessimistic meta-induction, is an
argument which s****s to
rebut scientific realism...
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negative outcomes,
defensive pessimists can take
action to
avoid or
prepare for them.
Using this strategy,
defensive pessimists can
advantageously harness...
- List of
philosophers who have
notably expressed philosophically pessimistic views in
their works and
contributed to its history. Beiser,
Frederick C....
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Incompatibilism is the view that the
thesis of
determinism is
logically incompatible with the
classical thesis of free will. The term was
coined in the...
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affirmation of the
impossibility of happiness: like
later philosophical pessimists,
Hegesias argued that
lasting happiness is
impossible to
achieve and that...
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living — one of the most
common arguments of
pessimists is that life is not
worth living. In short,
pessimists view existence, overall, as
having a deleterious...
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their problems;
pessimists are more
likely to
abandon their effort to
attain their goals."
Optimists may
respond better to stress:
pessimists have
shown higher...
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because the Afro-
pessimists draw
heavily on one of my books, 'Slavery and
Social Death,'
which is ironic,
because I'm not a
pessimist. I don’t
think we're...
- Press. doi:10.1093/OED/6629562296. "Optimist: The Gl**** Is Half Full.
Pessimist: The Gl**** Is Half Empty".
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