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• Knowledge Representation
  In the 1980s formal computer knowledge representation languages and systems arose. Major projec ...ow to store and manipulate [[knowledge]] in an [[information system]] in a formal way so that it may be used by mechanisms to accomplish a given task. Exampl
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• Relationship
  ...in-law, mother-in-law, uncle by marriage, or aunt by marriage. They may be formal long-term relationships recognized by law and formalized through public [[c ...united in a common cause or having a common interest, which may involve [[formal]] membership in a club, organization, association, society, lodge, fraterni
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• Discourse
  ...ilosopher [[Michel Foucault]] (1926-1984) and [[Jürgen Habermas]]' ''[[The Theory of Communicative Action]]'' (''Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns''). Each ...to developmental psychology by [[Erica Burman]] and in relation to social theory and psychoanalysis by [[Ian Parker (psychologist)]], and a critical researc
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• 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
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• Integral Movement
  ...s given a further definition, being made synonymous with Wilber's [[AQAL]] theory [https://aqaljournal.integralinstitute.org/public/Pdf/AQAL_Glossary_01-27-0 ...n of [[consciousness]] has also become a central theme in much of integral theory [https://integral-review.org/current_issue/documents/Gidley,%20Evolution%20
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• Note
  ::b. A formal diplomatic or intergovernmental communication. ...[[pitch]] for most Western music, 440 Hz, is named a′ or A4. There are two formal ways to define each note and octave, the Helmholtz system and the Scientifi
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• 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
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• The Sciences
  ...e often led to major advances in the physical and biological sciences. The formal sciences are essential in the formation of [[hypotheses]], [[theories]], an ..., a large number of hypotheses may be logically bound together by a single theory. A ''[[physical law]]'' or ''law of nature'' is a scientific generalization
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• Actuality
  The [[theory]] of [[Potentiality]] and '''Actuality''' is one of the central themes of [ Now, substance is a [[formal]] act. Moreover, a formal act is always the end of a transitive movement. Substance can also then be
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• Mind maps
  ...map is similar to a semantic network or [[cognitive]] map but there are no formal restrictions on the kinds of links used. The semantic network was developed as a theory to understand [[human]] learning, and developed into mind maps by Dr Allan
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• Quantity
  In his [[Euclid's_Elements|Elements]], [[Euclid]] developed the theory of ratios of magnitudes without studying the nature of magnitudes, as Archi ...bers, number systems, with their kinds and relations, fall into the number theory. Geometry studies the issues of spatial magnitudes: straight lines (their l
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• Science
  ...e often led to major advances in the physical and biological sciences. The formal sciences are essential in the formation of [[hypotheses]], [[theories]], an ..., a large number of hypotheses may be logically bound together by a single theory. A ''[[physical law]]'' or ''law of nature'' is a scientific generalization
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• Avant-garde
  ...n essayist Renato Poggioli's 1962 book Teoria dell'arte d'avanguardia (The Theory of the Avant-Garde). Surveying the historical, social, psychological and ph ...ify and extend Poggioli's study. The German literary critic Peter Bürger's Theory of the Avant-Garde (1974) looks at the Establishment's embrace of socially
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• Sovereignty
  A more formal distinction is whether the law is held to be sovereign, which constitutes a ...n an attempt, argues [[Giorgio Agamben]], to counter [[Walter Benjamin]]'s theory of [[violence]] as radically disjoint from law. [[Georges Bataille]]'s hete
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• Defense
  ...s comes from [[Sigmund Freud]]’s structural [[model]]. According to this [[theory]], id impulses are based on the [[pleasure]] principle: instant gratificati ...ions; separation of emotion from [[ideas]]; [[thinking]] about wishes in [[formal]], affectively bland terms and not acting on them; avoiding unacceptable em
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• Art History
  ...ich'', p. 7. London: Phaidon Press</ref> Works of art criticism and of art theory frequently have been the pivots upon which the understanding of art history ...comparable style, or sanctioning an entire style or movement; and ''[[art theory]]'', which is concerned with the fundamental nature of art, and is more rel
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• 180:5 The Spirit of Truth
  ...]] [[truth]] is dead [[truth]], and only dead [[truth]] can be held as a [[theory]]. Living [[truth]] is [[dynamic]] and can [[enjoy]] only an [[experiential ...living [[God]]. Neither [[tradition]] nor a [[ceremonial]] [[system]] of [[formal]] [[worship]] can [[atone]] for the lack of genuine [[compassion]] for one'
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• Library Science
  ...ip with information science. LIS should not be confused with [[information theory]], the mathematical study of the [[concept]] of information, or [[informati ==Theory and practice==
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• Risk
  ...5] and radiological release (e.g., GBq of radio-iodine). There are many [[formal]] [[method]]s used to assess or to "measure" risk, considered as one of the Thus, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_theory statistical decision theory], the risk [[function]] of an estimator δ(x) for a parameter θ, calculate
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• Leadership
  ===Trait theory=== ...cs of men who rose to [[power]].[5] Ronald Heifetz (1994) traces the trait theory approach back to the nineteenth-century [[tradition]] of associating the [[
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