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• Dictionary
  ...gual dictionaries), the systematic [[study]] of dictionaries as objects of scientific interest themselves is a 20th century enterprise, called [https://en.wikipe [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Topography
  ...]] τόπος (topos, place) and γραφία (graphia, writing). In [[classical]] [[literature]] this refers to [[writing]] about a place or places, what is now largely c ...e 20th century as generic for topographic surveys and maps. The earliest [[scientific]] surveys in France were called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini
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• Classics
  ...field of study in the humanities. The word "Classics" also refers to the literature of that period. ...for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature."
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• Breakdown
  ...SM-IV DSM-IV] or ICD-10, and are nearly absent from current [[scientific]] literature regarding mental illness. Although "nervous breakdown" does not necessarily
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• Degeneration
  ...hich [[police]]s degenerates out of [[existence]] with the assistance of [[scientific]] [[identification]]. ...egeneration'' attempted to explain all [[modern]] [[art]], [[music]] and [[literature]] by pointing out the degenerate characteristics of the artists involved. I
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• Exhortation
  ...port the results (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_publishing scientific publishing]). Client and consultant combine their expertise and, through di [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• The Sciences
  ...to differentiate it from [[applied science]], which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs. ..."science" is generally limited to [[empirical]] study involving use of the scientific method.<ref>See, e.g. [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/science]. The firs
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• Criticism
  ...luding [[art]], [[music]], [[film]], theatre or [[drama]], restaurant, and scientific publication critics. ...tic," used without qualification, most frequently refers to a [[scholar of literature|Philology]] or another [[art]] form. In other contexts, the term describes
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• Knowledge
  ...in the condition described. Consequently the proper object of unqualified scientific knowledge is something which cannot be other than it is.|[[Aristotle]]|''[[ In ''An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method'' (1934), Morris R. Cohen and Ernest Nagel reviewed the pursuit of t
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• Eugenics
  ...th meetings in 1912 in London, and in 1921 and 1932 in New York. Eugenics' scientific reputation started to tumble in the 1930s, a time when [[Ernst Rüdin]] beg Since the second World War, both the public and the scientific communities have associated eugenics with Nazi abuses, such as enforced rac
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• Science
  ...to differentiate it from [[applied science]], which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs. ..."science" is generally limited to [[empirical]] study involving use of the scientific method. See, e.g. [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/science]. The first us
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• Vagueness
  Many [[scientific]] [[concepts]] are of [[necessity]] vague, for instance species in [[biolog [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Author
  ...ors has a single distinct author function. In the wake of [[postmodern]] [[literature]], [[Roland Barthes]] in his seminal essay [[Death of the Author]] (1968) a ...dersen, D., Dahiquist, G., Sarvas, M., and Aakvaag, A. (1999) Handling of scientific dishonesty in the Nordic countries. ''The Lancet'' 354: 11-18 [https://www.
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• Data
  ...easurement or result is a single ''datum''. Many (perhaps most) academic, scientific, and professional [[style guides]] (e.g., see page 43 of the [https://whqli ...These three concepts are ill- or ambiguously defined in the subject matter literature <!--Anyone know what subject matter this is referring to? It may need clar
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• Paradox
  ...ridical type, typically counterintuitive outcomes of economic theory. In [[literature]] a paradox can be any contradictory or obviously untrue statement, which r ==Paradox in literature==
  11 KB (1,733 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• Intuition
  ...nt method for testing claims. A characteristic example is the post-Gettier literature concerning the [[analysis]] of [[knowledge]]. A philosopher proposes a def * [https://www.intuition-sciences.com/introduction A scientific research group on intuition]
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• Languages and Literature
  ...the world and which has hundreds of songs sung in it, and a vast amount of literature written in it. [[The Stone City]], for example, was originally written in E ...existence of "[[mirror cells]]" in [[primate]]s. This, however, is still a scientific question. What exactly is the definition of the word "language"? Most resea
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• Public speaking
  ...gradual deprecation of the Latin style of oration. With the rise of the [[scientific method]] and the emphasis on a "plain" style of speaking and [[writing]], e [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Reflection
  ...onsciousness or sensation. [[Cognitive psychology]] accepts the use of the scientific method, but rejects introspection as a valid method of investigation for th ...hand, introspection can be considered a valid tool for the development of scientific hypotheses and theoretical models, in particular in cognitive sciences and
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• Sin
  # The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom by Gerald L. Schroeder ...W. A: Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3d ed. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press.
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