duy năng
Definition
Noun (Philosophy):
- Energeticism: A philosophical doctrine or system that posits energy as the fundamental substance or principle of reality, explaining all phenomena through the transformations and properties of energy.
Adjective (Philosophy):
- Energeticist: Pertaining to or characteristic of the philosophy of energeticism.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Thuyết duy năng cho rằng năng lượng là thực tại cơ bản. (Energeticism holds that energy is the fundamental reality.)
- Ông ấy nghiên cứu về duy năng. (He researches energeticism.)
Adjective:
- Đó là một quan điểm duy năng. (That is an energeticist viewpoint.)
- Các nhà triết học duy năng phản đối thuyết duy vật. (Energeticist philosophers oppose materialism.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily used in academic, philosophical, and historical contexts, often when discussing 19th and early 20th-century scientific philosophy. It is closely associated with the German chemist and philosopher Wilhelm Ostwald, who was a leading proponent.
Variants and Related Words
Thuyết duy năng (n): The doctrine/theory of energeticism.
- Thuyết duy năng đã có ảnh hưởng lớn. (The theory of energeticism was very influential.)
Chủ nghĩa duy năng (n): Another term for the philosophy of energeticism.
Synonyms
- Energeticism (n): The philosophical doctrine.
- Energeticist (adj): Relating to this doctrine.
Related Concepts
- Duy vật (n): Materialism (often contrasted with energeticism).
- Duy tâm (n): Idealism.
- Năng lượng (n): Energy (the core concept of this philosophy).