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• Religion
  ..., generally, the scholar is first and foremost a believer employing both [[logic]] ''and'' [[scripture]] as evidence. At least one theologian has noted that In the 1960s and 1970s, the term "religious studies" became common and interest in the field increased. New
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• Gifford Lectures
  ...dest sense of the term — in other words, the knowledge of God." The term [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Theology natural theology] as used b *1986–87 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Flew Antony Flew] ''The Logic of Mortality''
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• Ideology
  ...meanings with the social agents and processes that produced them. No other term captures this object as well as ‘ideology’. Foucault’s ‘episteme’ ...science.³ He argues that among these aspects ideology is the most generic term, because the science of ideas also contains the study of their expression a
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• Akashic Records
  ...'' is a [[Sanskrit]] [[word]] meaning "sky", "[[space]]" or "aether") is a term used in [[theosophy]] (and Anthroposophy) to describe a compendium of mysti A theosophical term referring to a [[universal]] filing [[system]] which records every occurrin
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• Ritual
  ...ymbolism]] are not arbitrarily chosen by the performers, nor dictated by [[logic]] or necessity, but either are prescribed and imposed upon the performers b In [[psychology]], the term ''ritual'' refers to a repetitive, systematic behavioral process enacted in
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• Learning
  ...ring]], [[seeing]], [[smell]]ing, [[motor skills]], [[touch]] sense, and [[logic]]al thinking [[lobe]]s; informal names given) are stimulated. Imprinting is the term used in [[psychology]] and [[ethology]] to describe any kind of phase-sensi
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• Christian philosophy
  '''Christian philosophy''' is a term to describe the fusion of various fields of [[philosophy]], historically de ...e of God, but assumes it as an ultimata out of which it forms its specific logic and interest, is more apt to address a far different set of tasks in order
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• Cybernetics
  ...s of control systems, electrical network theory, mechanical engineering, [[logic]] modeling, evolutionary [[biology]], neuroscience, [[anthropology]], and [ The term cybernetics stems from the [[Greek]] Κυβερνήτης (kybernētēs, st
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• 1999-10-24-Greed
  ...Most of you are very concerned about the [[future]], in short- term, long-term, and every way. And yet, when you look back upon your lives and you think o ...st believe him and take the plunge to fully [[trust]] him, even when all [[logic]] and [[common sense]] seems to indicate otherwise. Find again, that place
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• Metaphysics of Creativity: Nature, Art, and Freedom In German Philosophy After Kant
  ...ecial domain of cognition, recognized as having a distinct character. The term gradually came to designate the conceptual framework for discussion of the ...eighteenth century that the notion of creativity was reformulated and the term ‘creative’ could be applied to humanity as much as to God and around th
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• Algorithm
  ...rithm'' that suits both concrete (in some sense) and abstract usage of the term. ...trol component is fixed and algorithms are specified by supplying only the logic component. The appeal of this approach is the elegant [[Formal semantics of
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• Intention
  The term '''intentionality''' according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], is "th :11. [[Logic]]. The direction or application of the mind to an object; a conception form
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• Integral
  ...as influenced by both Aurobindo and Gebser, among many others, adopted the term "Integral" to refer to the latest revision ("Wilber-IV") of his own philoso ...ga|spiritual transformation]], his writings influenced others who used the term "integral" in more philosophical or psychological contexts. The word "integ
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• 1995-11-13-Extreme Sensitivity
  ...se mortals often are somewhat overly [[emotional]]. This is part of what I term crossing of the wires. ...ional side. Men are equipped to be sensitive but at times their need for [[logic]] may perhaps block this sensitivity. This is perfectly understandable and
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• Analogy
  ...[literary theory]], and specializations within [[philosophy]] outside of [[logic]], speaks of a mapping from what is typically the more familiar area of exp ...]]'' held to this notion. Kant argued that there can be exactly the same [[Logic of relatives|relation]] between two completely different objects. The same
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• Language
  ...t as language. In some cases, this involves disentangling folk uses of the term language from scientific uses. ...in English. Like most such rules, this one wrongly took language to be a [[logic]]al (rather than a patterned) system. Prescriptive rules sometimes try to m
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• Eastern philosophy
  When the term "philosophy" is used in an academic context, it typically refers to the phi ...o abandon futile attempts to understand the nature of the universe through logic.
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• Wealth
  The term implies a social contract on establishing and maintaining ownership in rela ...without taking from others, and wealth is not a zero-sum game in the long term. Many [[things]] can affect the [[creation]] and destruction of wealth incl
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• 2012-06-29-Conversations with Monjoronson 53
  ...where all the evidence presented has a connection to an outcome. Lines of logic and lines of evidence that are forgotten by the storyteller become disconce MMc: You spoke earlier of Adam and Eve going against the Will of God. The term that has been used is that they “sinned.” There is a concept of sin th
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• Duality
  ...tate of two parts. The word's origin is the [[Latin]] ''duo'', "two" . The term 'dualism' was originally coined to denote co-eternal binary opposition, a m ...her Val Plumwood argues in ''Feminism and the Mastery of Nature'' that a [[logic]]al thought process inherent in the dualistic relationship is necessary to
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