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• Phenomenon
  In general, apart from its original use as a term in philosophy, ''phenomenon'' stands for any observable event. Some observable events ar ...r, cannot be known. The concept of 'phenomena' relates to the tradition of philosophy called [[phenomenology]]. Leading figures in phenomenology - the science of
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• Oxford Handbooks Online
  ...eries in four subject module collections: [[Business]] & [[Management]]; [[Philosophy]]; [[Political Science]]; and [[Religion]]. Each handbook takes an aspect o [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Eclecticism
  ...l known eclectics in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_philosophy Greek philosophy] were the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoics Stoics] Panaetius and Posid ...theories]], styles, or [[ideas]] to gain complementary [[insights]] into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases.
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• Subjectivity
  ...al opinions, in contrast to [[knowledge]] and fact-based [[belief]]s. In [[philosophy]], the term is often contrasted with [[objectivity]].[1] ...specific beam of light), experiences themselves are only available to the subject (the quality of the colour itself).
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• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  ==[https://www.iep.utm.edu/home/ The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]== ...holarly]] [[information]] on key topics and philosophers in all areas of [[philosophy]]. The Encyclopedia receives no funding, and operates through the volunteer
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• Relative
  In [[philosophy]], '''knowledge relativity''' is the notion that [[knowledge]] can be seen This relational and subject-oriented view of [[knowledge]] is an alternative to the [[objectivist]] [[t
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• Solomon
  ...ble portrays Solomon as great in wisdom, wealth, and power. Solomon is the subject of many other later legends.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon] ...by the Fourth Book of the [[Maccabees]]; the penetration of both Platonic philosophy and Stoic doctrines is exhibited in the Wisdom of Solomon. [https://mercy.u
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• Quality
  ==Philosophy== ....org/wiki/Metaphysics_of_Quality Metaphysics of Quality³]. In contemporary philosophy, the idea of qualities and especially how to distinguish certain kinds of q
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• Presuppositions
  ...; My wife is pregnant and My wife is not pregnant both presuppose that the subject has a wife. In this respect, presupposition is distinguished from entailmen [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Categorical imperative
  [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Friedman-research-subject-Immanuel-Kant.jpg|right|frame]] ...t in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontological deontological] moral philosophy of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant Immanuel Kant]. Introduced
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• Intuition
  ...efs which we cannot necessarily justify. For this reason, it has been the subject of study in [[psychology]], as well as a topic of interest in the [[superna Philosophy considers it is an act by which the mind perceives the agreement or disagre
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• Amorality
  [[Morality]] and '''amorality''' in [[humans]] and [[animals]] is a subject of dispute among [[scientists]] and [[philosophers]]. If morality is intrin ...ither good nor bad. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology ontological philosophy], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism ancient gnostic] concept th
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• Phenomena
  In general, apart from its original use as a term in philosophy, ''phenomenon'' stands for any observable event. Some observable events ar ...r, cannot be known. The concept of 'phenomena' relates to the tradition of philosophy called [[phenomenology]]. Leading figures in phenomenology - the science of
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• Alienation
  ...ndividualization and urbanization. Simmel's ''"Philosophie des Geldes"'' ("Philosophy of Money") describes how [[relationships]] become more and more mediated th ...r [[mind]] in relation to the world. The human mind, as the [[Subjectivity|subject]] of [[perception]], relates to the world as an object of its [[perception]
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• Concrete
  ...erent] or one with no physical referents. They are most commonly used in [[philosophy]] and [[semantics]]. Abstract objects are sometimes called ''abstracta'' (s ...tent that empirical questions do not inform questions about ''abstracta'', philosophy would seem especially suited to answering these latter [[questions]].
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• Transcendental
  ...[Ancient Philosophy]], one in [[Medieval Philosophy]], and one in [[Modern Philosophy]]. In the second [[meaning]], which originated in Medieval philosophy, concepts are ''transcendental'' if they are broader than what falls within
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• Alchemy Website
  ...its underlying [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Philosophy hermetic philosophy], which holds a picture of the interconnection of the [[Macrocosm and Micro
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• Contemporary Philosophy
  ...cial, economic, scientific, ethical, and logical problems, '''20th-century philosophy''' was set for a series of attempts variously to reform, preserve, alter, a ...the [[Film|motion picture]] as an art form greatly enriched philosophical subject matter.
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• Existentialism
  ...xponent in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jaspers Karl Jaspers]; as a philosophy of human [[decision]], its foremost representative was [https://en.wikipedi ...ophical thinking begins with the [[human]] subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, [[feeling]], living human [[individual]]. In existentialis
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• Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
  ...nable development; biodiversity; conservation; environmental [[ethics]], [[philosophy]], and [[history]]; resource management; [[sociology]]; and policy on the e The dictionary’s uniquely comprehensive approach places the subject of the environment firmly in a [[human]] as well as a scientific [[context]
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• Faculty
  ...a [[university]] comprising one subject area, or a [[number]] of related subject areas (for the North American usage, referring to academic staff, see below ....org/wiki/Islamic_philosophy Islamic philosophy], and [[logic]] in Islamic philosophy.
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• Truth
  ...ctivities depend upon the concept, where it is assumed rather than being a subject of discussion; these include [[science]], [[law]], and everyday life. [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Everything
  ...erything usually refers only to the totality of [[things]] relevant to the subject [[matter]].[1] When there is no expressed limitation, everything may refer ...o everything that constitutes [[reality]] and the [[Universe]]: see World (philosophy). However, world may "only" refer to [[Earth]] envisioned from an anthropoc
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• Urantia Text
  ...ntia Book]] offers an [[integral]] view of the functions of [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]]. ...ssions from over 1,000 individuals whose writing in the fields of science, philosophy, religion, history, sociology and theology was published and widely availab
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• Arbritrary
  '''Arbitrariness''' is a term given to choices and actions subject to [[individual]] will, [[judgment]] or preference, based solely upon an in ==Philosophy==
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• Pseudo-science
  ...it is taught in certain introductory science classes, pseudoscience is any subject that appears superficially to be scientific, or whose proponents state that ...ience is non-science posing as science. The foremost modern classic on the subject (Gardner 1957) bears the title Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science. A
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• Aesthetics
  ...Aesthetics is a branch of [[axiology]] and is closely associated with the philosophy of art. ...ast in the opinion of some historians, the subject [[matter]] itself, the “philosophy of art,” was invented in that comparatively recent period and can be appl
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• Pseudoscience
  ...it is taught in certain introductory science classes, pseudoscience is any subject that appears superficially to be scientific, or whose proponents state that ...stanford.edu/entries/pseudo-science/#NonSciPosSci Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy PseudoScience article]
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• Discretion
  ...often able to exercise a [[degree]] of discretion in deciding who will be subject to criminal penalties and how they will be punished. For example, the polic [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Misanthropy
  In Western philosophy, misanthropy has been connected to [[isolation]] from human [[society]]. In ...understanding which was rare in his own time, when it was largely a taboo subject.
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• Judeo-Islamic philosophy
  ...article covers the influence of [[Jewish philosophy|Jewish]] and [[Islamic philosophy]] on each other, focusing especially on the period from 800-1400 CE. == Early philosophy ==
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• 98:2 Greek Philosophic Thought
  ...espair. They sought for the solace of the [[soul]] in deep [[thinking]]— [[philosophy]] and [[metaphysics]]. They turned from the [[contemplation]] of [[self]]-[ ...[[thought]] was so [[priest]]-controlled and [[scripture]]-directed that [[philosophy]] and [[aesthetics]] were entirely submerged in [[religion]] and [[morality
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• Eroticism
  ...o Plato], Eros takes an almost [[transcendent]] [[manifestation]] when the subject seeks to go beyond itself and form a [[communion]] with the objectival othe [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• 166:5 The Congregation At Philadelphia
  ...gue]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia] had never been subject to the [[supervision]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] at [[Jerusalem]] and therefore ...than [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Judaism Hellenic] in his [[philosophy]], and he stubbornly [[resisted]] all attempts of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]
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• Western Philosophy
  ...the [[Western world|Western or Occidental world]], as opposed to [[Eastern philosophy|Eastern or Oriental philosophies]] and the varieties of indigenous philosop ...versal]] [[knowledge]] claims in [[mathematics]], [[astronomy]], [[natural philosophy]], [[music]], and many other subjects as indicated by [[Plato]]'s and [[Ari
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• Enlighten
  :b. fig. To throw light upon, elucidate (a subject). Obs. ...n to grasp the [[reality]] of spiritual [[values]] and to comprehend the [[philosophy]] of [[universe]] [[meaning]]s.[https://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/
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• Conscience
  ...f the history of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_philosophy Western philosophy]. ...e [[capacity]] for conscience as probably genetically determined, with its subject matter probably learned, or imprinted (like [[language]]) as part of a [[cu
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• Inertia
  ...on]''. This [[law]], [[expressed]] simply, says that an object that is not subject to any net external force moves at a constant velocity. In even simpler ter # Isaac Newton, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy translated into English by Andrew Motte, First American Edition, New York,
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• 134:3 The Urmia Lectures
  ...a [[temple]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_religion philosophy of religions]. ...s teaching on [[Urantia]]. Never before or after did he say so much on one subject as was contained in these [[lectures]] and [[discussions]] on the brotherho
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• Dialectic
  ...]], or among more, people holding [[different]] [[points of view]] about a subject, who wish to [[establish]] the [[truth]] of the matter by [[dialogue]], wit [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• 72:3 The Home Life
  ...ntirely separate, but there is a strange overlapping of [[religion]] and [[philosophy]]. 72:3.7 [[Children]] remain legally subject to their [[parents]] until they are fifteen, when the first [[initiation]]
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• Space
  ...easured or is part of the measuring system. (See [[#In philosophy|Space in philosophy]].) ==In philosophy==
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• Corrupt
  *3 : to subject (a [[person]]) to corruption of blood [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• 2015-09-27-Lesson on Patience
  ...ediately to what is set before you is spirit-led and is part of the spirit philosophy of time. This pause you sometimes get is from your Father Fragment, trying ...re to make your minds master our desires for we will never make your minds subject to our will. You have your own individual ability to think and therefore co
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• 111:0 The Adjuster and the Soul
  ...CHOICE human mind] makes it forever impossible for either [[science]] or [[philosophy]] to attain a [[satisfactory]] [[comprehension]] of the [https://nordan.day ...29 ka]. They taught that this guardian spirit remained with the [[mortal]] subject throughout life and passed before him into the [[future]] estate. On the wa
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• Semantics
  ...word selection or connotation. This problem of understanding has been the subject of many [[formal]] [[inquiries]], over a long period of time, most notably ...well-defined field in its own right, often with synthetic properties. In [[philosophy]] of language, semantics and [[reference]] are related fields. Further rela
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• Eloquence
  ...[[knowledge]] of language, study of a specific subject to be addressed, [[philosophy]], rationale and ability to form a persuasive set of tenets within a presen
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• Duality
  ...m]]) is both dualistic ''and'' monotheistic (but not monist) since in that philosophy God ; the Creator is purely good, and the antithesis which is also uncreate ...ity has very little to do with Western dualism; instead it represents the philosophy of balance, where two opposites co-exist in [[harmony]] and are able to tra
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• Presupposition
  ...; My wife is pregnant and My wife is not pregnant both presuppose that the subject has a wife. In this respect, presupposition is distinguished from entailmen [[Category: Philosophy]]
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• Axiom
  ...is not proved or demonstrated but considered to be either self-evident, or subject to necessary [[decision]]. Therefore, its [[truth]] is taken for granted, a [[Category: Philosophy]]
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