The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of values. Moral conduct should be universalized. The classic example of a purely deontological approach to ethics. Truth is determined by that which is internally and logically consistent. The state of being dependent upon something else for existence.
Truth is determined by that which corresponds to the present state of affairs.
Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Gottfried Leibniz, and Medieval Islamic philosopher Al-Ghazali. From the Greek word kosmos, meaning world or universe. Deductive Reasoning usually proceeds from general to particular, or from whole to parts. Contrasted with Inductive Reasoning. This religious world view, which emphasizes reason over revelation, was most popular during the 17th and 18th centuries in England, France and America.