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• Metaphysics
  ..., thus making them part of [[physics]] proper (cf. [[Albert Einstein]]'s [[Theory of Relativity]]). ...fused with the political sense. Robert Kane]] is a modern exponent of this theory.
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• Tolerance
  ...he modern understanding of tolerance, involving concepts of [[nation]]al [[identity]] and equal [[citizen]]ship for [[persons]] of different [[religion]]s, was ...ntroversial book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Theory_of_Justice '''''A Theory of Justice'''''] to this problem; whether a just [[society]] should or shou
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• Information
  ...philosophical sense by [[Plato]] (and later Aristotle) to denote the ideal identity or essence of something (see [[The Forms]]). "Eidos" can also be associated ...at "the signal contained thousands of bits of information". Communication theory tends to use the concept of [[information entropy]], generally attributed t
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• Shadow
  ...nd an object; like a [[halo]]. Early eastern [[belief]]s also play to this theory. For example, Vishnu (a prominent Hindu god) would appear to help followers ...dy]] is just as real as [[mind]] or [[spirit]], but in death, both mind ([[identity]]) and spirit survive while the body does not. A [[cosmic]] [[reality]] can
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• Analogy
  ...''target'', using all of these words in the sense of mathematical category theory. ...ion that appears to be more common in [[cognitive psychology]], [[literary theory]], and specializations within [[philosophy]] outside of [[logic]], speaks o
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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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• 2011-01-20-Personality Survival
  ===='''''[[Identity]]'''''==== ...hat ever living vehicle it is bequeathed upon. That is where it gets its identity.
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• Other
  ...have the same [[status]] to men as [[human beings]], they have their own [[identity]] and they are [[different]] from men. They are "others" in real definition * Derrida, Jacques (1973). Speech and Phenomena and Other Essays on Husserl's Theory of Signs. Trans. David B. Allison. Evanston: Ill.: Northwestern University
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• 130:4 Discourse on Reality
  ...alified approval of some of the Greek teachings which had to do with the [[theory]] that the [[material]] [[things]] of the world are [[shadow]]y [[reflectio ...[[physical]] [[status]], [[intellectual]] [[embrace]], or [[spiritual]] [[identity]] which is [[absolute]].
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• Matrix
  ...points in a graph, such as cities connected by roads, are used in [[graph theory]], and computer graphics use matrices to encode projections of three-dimens Matrices are described by the field of matrix theory. The close relationship of matrices with linear transformations makes the f
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• Contemporary Philosophy
  ...l development and civil society, the resurgence of "fundamental" religious identity in [[Christian]], [[Jewish]], [[Islamic]], and [[Hindu]] contexts, and seem ...nobe/rorty.html] An interview with Rorty] Davidson, D., 1986, "A Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge," Truth And Interpretation, Perspectives on the Phil
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• Optics
  The field of optics has its own [[identity]], societies, and conferences. The pure science aspects of the field are o ...still generally used, however, so this is not a full electromagnetic wave theory model of the propagation of light. Such a full model is much more computati
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• 2011-01-30-Personality, Beliefs, Trusting Your Soul
  ...hey do also have a superior energy matrix combined with a mind to form the identity of the personality. And let’s not forget that each and every one of us c ...heir Personality from us. Can you explain exactly how a Being can have an Identity but not a Personality? Be pre-personal? Am I making sense?
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• Essence
  ...bstance has contingently, without which the substance can still retain its identity. The concept originates with Aristotle, who used the Greek expression ''to ...that tend to individuate different forms of existence as well as different identity conditions for objects and properties; in this eminently logical meaning, t
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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 ...ogy) Dissociation]: Temporary drastic modification of one's [[personal]] [[identity]] or [[character]] to avoid emotional distress; separation or postponement
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• Ritual
  Rituals can aid in creating a firm sense of [[group]] [[identity]]. Humans have used rituals to create social bonds and even to nourish int ...g anthropologists, and other ethnographers, who have contributed to ritual theory are [[Victor Turner]], Ronald Grimes, [[Mary Douglas]], and the [[Biogeneti
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• Design
  ...user interfaces and charts. Even virtual [[concepts]] such as corporate [[identity]] and cultural [[tradition]]s such as celebration of certain holidays[3] ar In structuration theory, achieving [[consensus]] and fulfillment of [[purpose]] is as continuous as
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• The Revolution of Everyday Life/ Fragments
  ...kquote>Theory becomes a material force once it has got hold of the masses. Theory is capable of getting hold of men once it demonstrates its truth with regar In short, radical theory gets hold of the masses because it comes from them in the first place. It i
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• Metaphysics of Creativity: Nature, Art, and Freedom In German Philosophy After Kant
  ...dead inherently empty concept, and the full concreteness of life, between theory or subjective thinking, and objective existence and experience.’ ...the context of defining sensuous knowledge as a counterpart to logic as a theory of intellectual knowledge, thus denoting a special domain of cognition, rec
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• What Is Narrative: Ricoeur, Bakhtin, and Process Approaches
  ...ledge, culture, community, reality construction, and, ultimately, personal identity. Narrative can now be regarded as primordial to all human affairs and the ...cesses of knowledge, culture, tradition, truth, reality, consciousness and identity.
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