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• Empiricism
  ...gmatic_school Dogmatic school]), preferring to rely on the [[observation]] of [[phenomena]]. ...[[practice]] founded on [[experience]] without the aid of [[science]] or [[theory]]
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• Concrete
  ...ishness, heroism), and this is the basis of the modern use as the opposite of ‘[[abstract]]’ The noun sense ‘[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concret *3: (of a noun) denoting a material object as opposed to an [[abstract]] [[quality]
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• Political philosophy
  ...[philosophy]]. In short, political philosophy is the activity, as with all philosophy, whereby the [[conceptual]] apparatus behind such concepts as aforementione ...n Eric Voegelin] and Judith Shklar—encouraged continued study in political philosophy in the Anglo-American world, but in the 1950s and 1960s they and their stud
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• Process philosophy
  ...] and a [[theory]] of knowledge possible, as it was thought that a science of something in [[becoming]] was an impossible feat to achieve. ...conceptual bridge to [[facilitate]] [[discussions]] among [[religion]], [[philosophy]], and [[science]].
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• Agency
  ...tructure]]; '''''the structure and agency debate''''' concerning the level of [[reflexivity]] that agent may possess. ...ee will]], the philosophical doctrine that our choices are not the product of causal chains, but are significantly free or undetermined. Human agency ent
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• Omnipresence
  ...mnipresent; [[infinite]] presence; ''ubiquity''; spec. as an [[attribute]] of [[God]]. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Omnipresence''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?ti
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• Oxford Companion to the Mind
  ...in scanning, and artificial intelligence — with contributions from a range of specialists. In all, there are over 300 contributors from the world's leadi
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• Behavior
  ...The complexity of the behavior of an organism is related to the complexity of its nervous system. Generally, organisms with complex nervous systems have ...ng not directed at other people and thus is the most basic human [[Action (philosophy)|action]]. Animal behavior is studied in [[comparative psychology]], [[etho
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• Context
  ...t, background or settings which determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of [[Context]], follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Categor
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• Conjecture
  ...n]]; Middle French, from Latin conjectura, from conjectus, past participle of conicere, [[literally]], to throw [[together]], from com- + jacere to thro *1 obsolete a : [[interpretation]] of [[omen]]s
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• German Philosophy
  ...osophy|analytic]] and [[continental philosophy|continental]] traditions in philosophy for centuries, from [[Leibniz]] through [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]], [[G.W.F. He ...ce, but nothing else, but we can never know the world from the “standpoint of nowhere” and therefore we can never know the world in its entirety, neith
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• Surrealism
  ...] [[reality]] of a [[dream]]; also : unbelievable, fantastic <surreal sums of [[money]]> ...arly 1920s, and is best known for the [[visual]] artworks and [[writings]] of the [[group]] members.
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• Aristotle
  ...y-minded than Plato or Socrates and is famous for rejecting Plato’s theory of forms. ...e into distinct disciplines such as mathematics, biology, and ethics. Some of these classifications are still used today.
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• Alienation
  ...bility of [[capitalism]] with alienation (a common theme of the early work of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl Marx Karl Marx]. <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''Isolation''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title
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• Secondary Corpus
  ...h the [[language]]s, [[literature]], [[history]], [[art]], and all aspects of the ancient [[Mediterranean]] world. The study of the Universe integrating [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]].
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• Plato
  ...f the European philosophical [[tradition]] is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato." ...; this has led to several conventions regarding the naming and referencing of Plato's texts.
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• Theory
  ...] and even dispute across academic [[disciplines]] as to the proper usages of the term. What follows is an attempt to describe how the term is used, not ...ure]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory.
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• Phenomena
  ...tion of expensive and sensitive equipment. Phenomena make up the raw data of [[science]], and are often exploited by [[technology]]. == Kant's use of ''phenomenon'' ==
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• Means and Ends
  ...a._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], the early sense of being '[[intermediary]]'. ...are means to other ends; this is relevant when considering the [[meaning]] of [[life]].
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• Concepts
  ...ent of a [[sentence]]. Unlike [[perception]]s, which are particular images of individual objects, concepts cannot be visualized. Because they are not the <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Thought]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?tit
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