Search results

• Hermeneutics
  '''Hermeneutics''' is the study of [[interpretation]] theory. [[Tradition]]al hermeneutics - which includes [[Bible|Biblical]] hermeneut Philosophical hermeneutics refers primarily to [[Hans-Georg Gadamer]]'s theory of [[knowledge]] as developed in ''Truth and Method'', and sometimes to [[P
  17 KB (2,358 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• Law of Attraction
  ...electrical activity of brainwaves.[8] Victor Stenger and Leon Lederman are critical of attempts to use quantum physics to bridge any unexplained or seemingly i
  3 KB (476 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• Normal distribution
  In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_theory probability theory], the '''normal''' (or Gaussian) distribution is a very commonly occurring ...people rallied both in [[criticism]] and defense of the book. A number of critical [[texts]] were written in response to the [[book]].
  4 KB (620 words) - 01:21, 13 December 2020
• Discourse
  ...ilosopher [[Michel Foucault]] (1926-1984) and [[Jürgen Habermas]]' ''[[The Theory of Communicative Action]]'' (''Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns''). Each ...these two. This perspective has also then had an influential bearing on [[critical psychology]].
  17 KB (2,437 words) - 00:33, 13 December 2020
• Groupthink
  ...group to minimize [[conflict]] and reach a [[consensus]] decision without critical [[evaluation]]. ...mmunication studies, [[political science]], management, and organizational theory, as well as important aspects of deviant religious [[cult]] behaviour.
  4 KB (554 words) - 17:52, 28 January 2021
• Administration
  ...ion theory has periodically connoted a heavy orientation toward [[critical theory]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern postmodern] philosophical n
  7 KB (967 words) - 23:38, 12 December 2020
• Projection
  Later studies were critical of Freud's theory. [[Research]] supports the existence of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa
  4 KB (681 words) - 02:31, 13 December 2020
• Pedagogy
  ...s. For example, Paulo Freire referred to his method of teaching adults as "critical pedagogy". In correlation with those teaching strategies the instructor's o ...[[English]]-speaking world the term pedagogy refers to the [[science]] or theory of educating.[5] The late Malcolm Knowles reasoned that the term andragogy
  6 KB (943 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
• Skepticism
  ...denying the possibility of truth, in fact it appears to have mainly been a critical school which merely claimed that logicians had not discovered truth. ...al skeptic. However, Descartes was not himself a skeptic and developed his theory of an absolute certainty to disprove other skeptics who argued that there i
  10 KB (1,451 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Perception
  ...most notably the works of Professor Emeritus [[Richard L. Gregory]]. This theory is increasingly gaining experimental support and could be surmised as dynam ...re 'enriching', which is the role of the mental model. A different type of theory is the [[perceptual ecology]] approach of [[J. J. Gibson|James J. Gibson]].
  11 KB (1,649 words) - 02:35, 13 December 2020
• Prediction
  A scientific theory whose assertions are not in accordance with observations and [[evidence]] w ...nd the sun seen in the 1919 eclipse, a prediction of [[Albert Einstein]]'s theory of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Relativity#GENERAL_RELAT
  10 KB (1,527 words) - 02:19, 13 December 2020
• Jacques Derrida
  ...iography, [[linguistics]], sociolinguistics, [[psychoanalysis]], political theory, feminism, and queer studies. His work still has a major influence in the a Critical obituaries of Derrida were published in The New York Times, The Economist,
  6 KB (818 words) - 01:33, 13 December 2020
• Oral history
  ...d conferences and publish newsletters and journals devoted to oral history theory and practices. ...through a deed of gift, which also establishes copyright ownership that is critical for publication and archival
  5 KB (746 words) - 01:31, 13 December 2020
• 2004-01-29-A Time of Progress
  "We are [[assured]] that "[[critical mass]]" has finally been reached and our treasured, famous [[Urantia]] is o ...matic]] behaviour seen in those so effected. For now, I still hold to my [[theory]] of an inherited, very low all-or-none firing threshold of the cerebral ne
  4 KB (683 words) - 21:29, 29 January 2014
• Objectivity
  ...lures he perceived in realism, empiricism, and idealism and to establish a critical method of approach in the distinction between epistemology and metaphysics. ...nd "objectivism" are not synonymous, with objectivism being an ontological theory that incorporates a commitment to the objectivity of objects.
  10 KB (1,488 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• Reflection
  ...f light from a denser medium occurs if the angle of incidence is above the critical angle. ...of [[architectural acoustics]], because the nature of these reflections is critical to the auditory feel of a space.
  17 KB (2,532 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
• Ideology
  == Ideology and Semiotic Theory == ...in Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, Post-Modernism and Critical Theory ==
  21 KB (3,120 words) - 00:08, 13 December 2020
• Narrative
  In [[postmodern]] theory, [[semiotics]] begins with the individual building blocks of [[meaning]] ca == Literary theory ==
  13 KB (1,917 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• 2023-08-23-Behind the Veil of Transmitting
  ...ur thinking and perceptions then it dampens or diminishes the capacity for critical thinking and recognition of the necessity for having a critically correctiv ...akers and more on the process and information. And I know you get this in theory, but it is easy to also slide into patterns that can be detrimental when th
  5 KB (911 words) - 14:09, 20 September 2023
• Multiverse
  ...his level includes Wheeler's [[Oscillatory universe|oscillating universe]] theory as well.) ...t is widely believed that Everett's interpretation (considered as a formal theory) is a [[conservative extension]] of standard quantum mechanics – tha
  22 KB (3,254 words) - 01:27, 13 December 2020

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)