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  • ...rvention", by contrast, would refer specifically to the direct involvement of a [[deity]]. ...rdless of its likelihood, such as birth. Other miracles might be: survival of a terminal illness, escaping a life threatening situation or 'beating the o
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  • ...]]s, all of them derived from the word's literal meaning (from [[Latin]]), of climbing or going beyond: one sense that originated in [[Ancient Philosophy ...[[stoicism]], [[Spinoza]], [[Deleuze]] or ''[[pantheism]]'' maintain that God is manifested in and fully present in the world and the things in the world
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  • ...ure of logical arguments, the constitution of the world, and the divisions of being. ...has continued to today. The remainder of this article sketches the details of this chronology.
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  • ...self-absorbed, it can nevertheless provide useful insights into the nature of philosophy in general. ...can philosophy is any philosophy done by Africans (or sometimes, by people of African descent).
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  • From A History of the Concept of Mind, v. 2 by Paul S. Macdonald [https://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page= nature of the world and the human soul have traveled: the Platonic dual nature
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  • ...s [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]], with the [[Theology|theological]] doctrines of [[Christianity]]. Christian philosophy originated during the [[Middle Ages] ...osopher and a true adherent of a [[Revelation|revealed religion]]. In this view, all attempts at synthesis ultimately fail.
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  • ...s about the soul from Isidore to Goethe; Plurality of dualisms and duality of life; Sectional bibliographies; Indexes. ...?title=History_of_the_Concept_of_Mind%2C_v.1-Chap.4 History of the Concept of Mind, v. 1, Chap. 4]
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  • ...s often, though not necessarily, a similarity, as in the biological notion of analogy. ...example, in face perception. It has been argued that analogy is "the core of cognition" ([[Douglas Hofstadter|Hofstadter]] in Gentner et al. 2001). <br>
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  • ...[[being]] and the world. "Metaphysician" is, counterintuitively, the name of someone that studies metaphysics, not metaphysicist. ...rs on "physics", in posthumously edited collections. Aristotle called some of the subjects treated there "first philosophy."
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  • ...y|astronomical]] observations. Hailing from [[Skåneland|Scania]], now part of modern-day Sweden, Brahe was well known in his lifetime as an [[astrology|a ...uld later use Tycho's astronomical information to develop his own theories of astronomy. He is universally referred to as "Tycho" rather than by his surn
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  • ...h of rationalist concepts of mind and intellect; The empiricists’ advocacy of matter designed for thought; Bibliography; Indexes. ...y_of_the_Concept_of_the_Mind%2C_v._2_-_Introduction History of the Concept of Mind, v.2, Introduction]
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  • ...and another event called effect which is the direct consequence (result) of the first. [https://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Causality&x=35&y=25 R ...ise the correct causal relata, and how best to characterize the [[nature]] of the relationship between them, has as yet no [[universal]]ly accepted answe
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  • ...its mathematical description thus follows logically from Einstein's theory of gravity. ...'s as new astronomical observations became inconsistent with more and more of its theoretical underpinnings: generally, the astronomical observations sim
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  • ...between freedom and [[Causality|cause]], and determining whether the laws of nature are causally deterministic. The various [[Philosophy|philosophical] ...]]. The question of free will has been a central issue since the beginning of philosophical thought.
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  • ...depends largely on the scope of one's personal experience and the context of one's worldview. ...lone higher or lower ones, as these are all thought to be mere projections of the waking state.
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