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• Social consciousness
  ==Theory== ...ess of [[race]], [[gender]], ethnicity, disability, class, or [[sexual]] [[identity]].
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• Cultural Formation
  ...entity (philosophy)|personal identity]] and an [[Identity (social science)|identity]] where the individual has some sort of comprehension of him or herself as ==Theory of developmental stages==
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• Impression
  [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Financial-management-theory-practic_2.jpg|right|frame]] ...the [[idea]] of the "preacher’s daughter", whose suppressed [[personal]] [[identity]] and [[emotions]] cause an eventual backlash at her [[family]] and [[commu
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• Groups
  ...A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an [[identity]] element, and such that each element has an inverse.
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• Mindstream
  ...he [[root]] of what we mean by 'I,' our sense of self or individual self-[[identity]]. According to scholar Wiliam Waldron, "Indian Buddhists see the '[[evolut ...permanent, unchanging, transmigrating entity, as the soul was in the atman-theory, but as an "essential series of individual and momentary consciousnesses,"
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• Secession
  ...ion should be considered only to [[rectify]] grave injustices (“Just Cause Theory”). Some theories do both. A list of justifications may be presented [[su * Furthering [[diversity]] by allowing diverse [[cultures]] to keep their [[identity]]
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• Continuum
  In contrast, the [[quantum theory]] includes [[quanta]], which are distinguished from continuous amounts. ''Mindstream'' is a '''continuum''' theory in [[Buddha|Buddhist]] [[philosophy]]. In Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism) it m
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• Identity
  ...sed upon [[energy]] and associated only with living energy systems, but '''identity''' can be associated with nonliving energy [[pattern]]s.[https://nordan.day '''Identity''' is a term used throughout the [[Social Sciences|social sciences]] to des
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• Rite of passage
  ...one [[status]] to another. The concept of rites of passage as a general [[theory]] of [[socialization]] was first formally articulated by [https://en.wikipe ...] the ritual subject." Having completed the rite and assumed their "new" [[identity]], one re-enters [[society]] with one's new [[status]]. Re-incorporation is
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• Selfhood
  ...iousness]], much less [[self-consciousness]], cannot be explained by any [[theory]] of [[mechanistic]] electronic [[association]] or [[materialistic]] [[ener ...ence]] of augmenting the [[self-realization]] through a [[technique]] of [[identity]] expansion and [[actualization]] together with cosmic [[problem]] solving
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• Literary theory
  ...century]], [[aesthetics]] and [[hermeneutics]]. In the [[20th century]], "theory" has become an umbrella term for a variety of scholarly approaches to readi ==Literary theory and literature==
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• 112:2 The Self
  ...ness]], much less [[self-consciousness]], cannot be [[explained]] by any [[theory]] of [[mechanistic]] [[electronic]] [[association]] or [[materialistic]] [[ ...ence]] of augmenting the [[self-realization]] through a [[technique]] of [[identity]] expansion and [[actualization]] together with [[cosmic]] [[problem]] solv
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• Gender
  ...constructed, and lack a clear biological explanation. People whose gender identity feels incongruent with their physical bodies may call themselves ''[[transg ...t movement took the word ''gender'' into their own usage to describe their theory of human nature.
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• Personal
  ...entity (philosophy)|personal identity]], This may also include [[corporate identity]] in some jurisdictions. [[self-awareness]], [[individual]]ity, and a sense ...[[medicine]], [[ethics]], [[economic]] and [[Political science|political]] theory, [[human rights]], and [[animal rights]].
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• Holism
  *1: a [[theory]] that the [[universe]] and especially living [[nature]] is correctly seen ...terial [[body]] itself is no guarantee of the sort of [[recognition]] of [[identity]] which is typical of our own [[culture]].
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• Narrative
  ...rrative may also refer to [[psychology|psychological]] processes in self-[[identity]], [[memory]] and [[meaning]]-making. In [[postmodern]] theory, [[semiotics]] begins with the individual building blocks of [[meaning]] ca
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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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• Attitude
  *5. [[Literary Theory|Lit. Criticism]]. spec. in the use of I. A. Richards, ‘the non-overt impu ...b. and Comb., as attitude measurement, [[research]], scale, study, test, [[theory]]; attitude-taking vbl. n.
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• Tragedy
  ...the term has often been used to invoke a [[power]]ful effect of [[cultural identity]] and historical continuity--"the Classical Athens and the Elizabethan era, ...he Origin of German Tragic Drama'' (1928). [[Gilles Deleuze]] develops his theory of tragic representation in his collaboration with [[Félix Guattari]], ''A
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• Matter
  ...5/2,...,etc.) and thus, by the spin-statistics theorem of [[quantum field theory]], obey the Pauli Exclusion Principle, which forbids two fermions from occu ...ithout the fermions changing their own statistics, or thus their essential identity. However, these bosons do always have energy and, (according to the mass-e
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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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• Childhood
  ...have constructed a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory critical theory] of childhood and childhood [[education]] that they have labeled kindercult *Müller, Anja, ed. Fashioning Childhood in the Eighteenth Century: Age and Identity. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2006.
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• Neuroscience
  ...ogression of seizures through the [[body]]. Wernicke further developed the theory of the specialization of specific brain structures in language comprehensio ...netic [[changes]] affect biological functions. The morphology, molecular [[identity]] and physiological [[characteristics]] of neurons and how they relate to d
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• Power (sociology)
  Even in [[structuralism|structuralist]] social theory, power appears as a ''process'', an aspect to an ongoing social relationshi ...ssociated with [[Alfred Adler]], place power dynamics at the core of their theory (where orthodox [[Freudian]]s might place [[human sexuality|sexuality]]).
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• Integral
  ...t revision ("Wilber-IV") of his own philosophy, which he called [[Integral theory]]. He also established the [[Integral Institute]] as a think-tank for furt ...erience. It cannot be reached by the exclusive pursuit of a single line of identity till that is raised to its absolute; it must harmonise many aspects of the
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• Guilt
  ...s accident or bad luck may be offered criticism rather than comfort. The [[theory]] is that the victim may be at fault for having attracted the other person' ...motivated to avoid collective guilt in order to maintain a positive social identity. There are many ways of decreasing collective guilt, such as denying harm o
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• The Revolution of Everyday Life/ Chapter 11
  ...cause it extends their spontaneous creativity. "Revolutionary" ideology is theory which has been recuperated by the authorities. Words exist as the frontier ...stimate the power of the misbegotten dichotomy between thought and action, theory and practice, real and imaginary... these ideas are forces of organisation.
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• 1999-10-05-Taking Charge
  ...n meet with opposition within your own [[being]]. This is when the [[ego]] identity exerts itself the strongest. This is when the master intellectual [[fraud]] ...reach a point of operation wherein we set aside, as we can, that [[blame]] theory and say "the [[devil]] made me do it" or "it's [[Adam and Eve]]'s fault." M
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• Empowerment
  ...elopment, empowerment shapes many [[system]]s of [[Self Realization]] or [[identity]] (re-)formation. The concept of personal development is seen as important *Wilkinson, A. 1998. Empowerment: theory and practice. Personnel Review. [online]. Vol. 27, No. 1, 40-56. Available
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• Communication
  ...ns. Some of those systematical questions are elaborated in [[Communication theory]]. ...]] or improved living conditions for the sender or [[Receiver (information theory)|receiver]] of the message or both.
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• Senses
  ...ory of the visual brain. Structures in the cerebral cortex relevant to the theory include primary visual cortex, posterior[[ parietal cortex]], and infero-te ...f the object to be maintained across different viewing perspectives. The [[identity]] of objects and their spatial arrangements should also be stored in long-t
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