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• Pseudoscience
  ...nt among [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_science philosophers of science] and among commentators in the [[scientific]] [[community]] about w ...ility requirement or substantially deviates from other fundamental aspects of the [[scientific method]].
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• Universal
  ...ture]], could be considered as universal. The 1948 [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] is inspired by such principles. ...rious domains of application, relativism does not necessarily apply to all of them.
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• 121:6 The Hebrew Religion
  ...ern and Western schools] of [[Hebrew]] thought, [[Jerusalem]] and the rest of the [[Occident]] and the [[Levant]] in general adopted the Western Jewish o ...[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s Christian [[cult]] toward [[the West]] instead of toward [[the East]].
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• Western Philosophy
  ...[[Eastern philosophy|Eastern or Oriental philosophies]] and the varieties of indigenous philosophies. ...versal]] [[knowledge]] claims in [[mathematics]], [[astronomy]], [[natural philosophy]], [[music]], and many other subjects as indicated by [[Plato]]'s and [[Ari
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• Transcendental
  ...[Ancient Philosophy]], one in [[Medieval Philosophy]], and one in [[Modern Philosophy]]. ...non-material self-consciousness that is outside of the world. Philosophies of [[immanence]] such as [[stoicism]], [[Spinoza]], [[Deleuze]] or ''[[panthei
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• Hierarchy
  ...:Maslows_hierarchy_of_needs.jpg|right|frame|<center>[[Maslow]]'s Hierarchy of Needs</center>]] ...ries of such items so arranged. Items in a hierarchy are typically thought of as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another. (Oxford E
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• Reductionism
  ...ddle French reduction, redduction, redduccion, French réduction [[action]] of coming closer, coming [[together]] (c1290 in Old French as redution), resto ...na]] in terms of the [[laws]] of [[physics]] and [[chemistry]]; also : a [[theory]] or [[doctrine]] that complete reductionism is possible
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• Linguistics
  ...w.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521559676 Cambridge Ency. of Language]</center><center>by [[David Crystal]]</center>]] ...]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned with the actual properties of speech sounds ([[phone]]s), non-speech sounds, and how they are produced an
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• Rational
  '''Rationality''' as a term is related to the idea of reason, a word which following Webster's may be derived as much from older <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Rationality''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?tit
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• Holism
  ...ting]] wholes (as of living [[organisms]]) that are more than the mere sum of elementary [[particles]] ...oles and that their functioning cannot be fully understood solely in terms of their component parts.
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• Contemplation
  *1 a : [[concentration]] on [[spiritual]] [[things]] as a [[form]] of [[private]] [[devotion]] :b : a [[state]] of [[mystical]] [[awareness]] of [[God]]'s [[being]]
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• Commensurate
  ...ommensuratus, from [[Latin]] com- + Late Latin mensuratus, past participle of mensurare to [[measure]], from Latin mensura ...]] or extent : coextensive <lived a life commensurate with the early years of the [[republic]]>
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• Common sense
  ...], in which the various impressions received were reduced to the [[unity]] of a common [[consciousness]]. Obs. ...h or insane.) Formerly also in pl., in phr. besides his common senses: out of his senses or wits, ‘beside himself’.
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• Neurosis
  ...to be used in contemporary [[theoretical]] writing in [[psychology]] and [[philosophy]]. ...a.org/wiki/Psychosis psychosis], does not result in disturbance of the use of [[language]], and is accompanied by various [[physical]], [[physiological]]
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• Egocentricity
  *2: taking the [[ego]] as the starting point in [[philosophy]] ...from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Piaget Jean Piaget]'s 1951 theory of [[cognitive]] development. ''Egocentrism'' refers to an inability to differ
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• Fecundity
  ...fter copulation) and fertilize its own eggs from that store after a period of time, essentially making it appear as though fertilization occurred without ...tors]]. For instance, in times of hardship for a population such as a lack of [[food]], juvenile and eventually adult fecundity has been shown to decreas
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• Literary theory
  ...ding texts, most of which are informed by various strands of [[Continental philosophy]]. ==Literary theory and literature==
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• Value theory
  ...ld. When put into [[practice]], these views are meant to explain our views of the [[good]]. ...o say that "Mary is a morally good person" might involve a different sense of "good" than that in the sentence "A banana split is good."
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• Value
  *1. [[Relative]] darkness or [[light]]ness of a [[color]]; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the *5. The amount (of [[money]] or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent
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• Evolution and Religion, M. Ruse
  ...[[fact]] of evolution, the path of evolution, and the theory or mechanism of evolution. ==The fact of evolution==
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