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• Ethics
  ...at is worth valuing. This is a major concern of [[sociology]], [[political science]], and [[economics]]. ...n be seen as an applied ethical topic since it involves a specific type of controversial behaviour. But it can also depend on more general normative principles, suc
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• Roman law
  ...r took place. The decemvirate of 451 is believed to have included the most controversial points of customary law, and to have taken upon itself the leading function ...ect of law—a subject which the Greeks themselves never treated as a science.
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• Gravity
  ...began in ancient times. [[Indian philosophy|Philosophers]] in [[History of science in early cultures#India|ancient India]] explained the phenomenon from the 8 ...eavenly bodies,<ref>K. A. Waheed (1978). ''Islam and The Origins of Modern Science'', p. 27. Islamic Publication Ltd., Lahore.</ref> foreshadowing [[Newton's
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• Tarot
  ...as the Pope, the Devil, the Grim Reaper and the Last Judgement) and indeed controversial Christian images such as La Papesse — often thought to represent the lege ...[Switzerland|Swiss]] Tarot'' or the ''Tarot of [[Besançon]]'', removes the controversial Papess and Pope and, in their stead, puts [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]] with he
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• Academic
  ..., and later become specialized disciplines in their own right ([[cognitive science]] is one recent example). In short, there is an ongoing historical process ...the 17th century. At that time, the act of publishing academic inquiry was controversial, and widely ridiculed. It was not at all unusual for a new discovery to be
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• Art History
  ...nn Holly. Page 107.</ref><ref>Rethinking Art History: meditations on a coy science By Donald Preziosi. Page 157.</ref> They are described as: ...sexual]]. The use of posthumous material to perform [[psychoanalysis]] is controversial; furthermore, the sexual mores of Leonardo's time and Freud's are different
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• Prophet
  In modern times the term "prophet" can be somewhat controversial. Many Christians with pentecostal or charismatic beliefs believe in the con Certain other controversial movements have claimed to have prophets, [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] and [[Ellen
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• Jewish philosophy
  *How can one reconcile the findings of science with religion? ...ence and philosophy. Moreover, by science and philosophy he understood the science and philosophy of [[Aristotle]]. In some important points, however, he depa
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• Physical Cosmology
  ...f human history, it has been a branch of [[metaphysics]]. Cosmology as a [[science]] originates with the [[Copernican principle]], which implies that celestia .../content/abstract/300/5627/1914?siteid=sci&ijkey=eJV6VmToFgZIE&keytype=ref Science 20 June 2003:Vol. 300. no. 5627, pp. 1914 - 1918] Throwing Light on Dark En
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• Chakra
  ...s predominant Western view of the Chakras by Theosophists, and largely the controversial (in theosophical circles) C. W. Leadbeater in his book ''The Chakras'', whi Mercier introduces the relation of color energy to the science of the [[light]] [[spectrum]];
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• Democracy
  ...ps (such as wealthy men of a particular ethnic group), but still remains a controversial issue with regard to disputed territories, areas with significant immigrati ...racy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy." ''American Political Science Review'', '''53'''(1): 69-105.
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• Morality
  ...applied ethics, for example, the prohibition against taking human life is controversial with respect to capital punishment, abortion and wars of invasion. In norma ...ugh group selection (though whether "group selection" actually occurs is a controversial topic in evolutionary theory). Some sociobiologists contend that the set of
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• Life Extension
  ...tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryonic_stem_cells embryonic stem cells], is controversial. Opponents' objections generally are based on [[interpretations]] of [[reli ...the [[idea]] based on their [[expectations]] of the capabilities of future science.[22]
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• Desire
  ...t; Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; the sensual, yet controversial novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, and Dracul ...the voyeuristic desires of its audience". Focusing on the dystopian 1980s science fiction film Blade Runner, she calls the film an "Object of Visual Desire",
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• African Philosophy
  ...ic, pointing out that Egypt was an African culture whose achievements in [[science]], [[mathematics]], [[architecture]], and [[philosophy]] provided a basis f
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• Books/Secondary Corpus
  ...the [[intellectual]] world of arid [[abstractions]], Whole Earth pushed [[science]], [[intellectual]] endeavor, and new [[technology]] as well as old. As a r ...ed from modern encyclopedias, particularly in biography and the history of science and technology. As a literary text, the encyclopedia holds value as a voice
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• Brainwashing
  ...(NRMs). Since their application to NRMs, mind control theories have become controversial within [[scientific]] and [[legal]] [[contexts]]; Both the [https://en.wiki ...usceptible to black and white [[thinking]].[14] Meanwhile, in ''Influence, Science and Practice'', social psychologist Robert Cialdini argues that mind contro
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• The Qur’ān
  ...of [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]]. The actual number of ayat has been a controversial issue among Muslim scholars since Islam's inception, some recognizing 6,000 # Ahmad Dallal, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, Qur'an and science
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• Race2
  ...retation, causes, accuracy and reliability of these differences are highly controversial. Some researchers, such as [[Arthur Jensen]], [[Richard Herrnstein]], and [ ...edication,<ref> Duster, Troy (2005) "Race and Reification in Science" in ''Science'' 307(5712): 1050-1051, Fausto-Sterling, Anne (2004) "Refashioning Race: DN
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• Causality
  ===Science=== ...ntrolled trials) were not used to establish that link. This view has been controversial. In addition, many philosophers are beginning to turn to more relativized
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