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• Rest
  ...re many different definitions of leisure. One popular social psychological theory of leisure was put forward by [[psychology]] professor John Neulinger in th ...optimal arousal to explain leisure. M[[ihaly Csikszentmihalyi]]'s [[flow]] theory is another popular definition of leisure.
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• Wyrd rhetoric
  ...e credit of Aristoxenus that he could accommodate them in some form in his theory. The ancient musicologists reserved the dissonances of the so-called "irrat ...ture, but also some features which are regarded as 'segmental' in phonemic theory, e.g. palatalization, liprounding, nasalization" (OED). These nominalizatio
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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 ...uthor of the book, 'Philosophy of Integralism,' he later developed his own theory of [[Integral psychology]]. Along with [[Frederic Spiegelberg]], he wrote t
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• Complexity
  *In computational complexity theory, the amounts of resources required for the execution of algorithms is studi *In algorithmic information theory, the Kolmogorov complexity (also called descriptive complexity, algorithmic
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• Ethics
  ...'' "custom, habit"), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of [[Value theory|value]]s and [[Custom (law)|custom]]s of a person or group. It covers the [ Another strand of meta-ethical theory, called 'realism', holds that moral value is somehow an intrinsic property
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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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• Transpersonal Psychology
  ...psychology]]. Transpersonal psychology attempts to unify modern psychology theory with frameworks from different forms of [[mysticism]]. These vary greatly d ...an development and consciousness. One of the demarcations in transpersonal theory is between authors who present a fairly linear and hierarchical model of hu
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• Pedagogy
  ...[[English]]-speaking world the term pedagogy refers to the [[science]] or theory of educating.[5] The late Malcolm Knowles reasoned that the term andragogy
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• Identity
  ...le's evaluations of others. [https://www.tcw.utwente.nl/theorieenoverzicht/Theory%20lusters/Interpersonal%20Communication%20and%20Relations/Social_Identity_T ...n biological characteristics. The second, rooted in social constructionist theory, takes the view that identity is formed by a predominantly political choice
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• Justice
  The law of ''[[retaliation]]'' (lex talionis) is a military theory of retributive justice, which says that reciprocity should be equal to the ...sovereign]] power. This position has some similarities with divine command theory (see above), with the difference that the [[state]] (or other authority) re
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• Theognis
  Fragment LVIII (above) in particular provided some basis for the etymological theory mounted in ''On the Genealogy of Morality''. (For further discussion, see
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• Molecule
  In the [[kinetic theory]] of [[gas]]es the term ''molecule'' is often used for any gaseous particle ...ency]], according to [[Planck's constant|Planck's formula]]). [[Scattering theory]] provides the theoretical background for spectroscopy.
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• History
  ...trends. Traditionally, history has been studied with some practical or [[theory|theoretical]] aim, but now it is also studied simply out of intellectual cu ...n.Btitle=Unwrapping+the+Sacred+Bundle][https://pzacad.pitzer.edu/%7Edsegal/theory/yanasegal.pdf Introduction available online]. Reviewed by [https://www.anth
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• J. Gordon Melton
  ...not a meaningful scientific concept.''</ref> The brief characterized the theory of brainwashing as not scientifically proven and advanced the position that *"Brainwashing and the Cults: The Rise and Fall of a Theory," essay by Melton published in Germany [https://www.cesnur.org/testi/melton
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• Affection
  American psychologist [[Henry Murray]] (1893–1988) developed a theory of [[personality]] that was organized in terms of motives, presses, and nee
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• 140:8 Thursday Afternoon on the Lake
  ...of identifying [[Jesus]]' teachings with any [[political]] or [[economic]] theory, with any [[social]] or [[industrial]] system.
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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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• Aura
  # Bruce, Robert: Auric Mechanics and Theory, "Capturing the Aura," pp 301-303. Blue Dolphin Publishing, 2000. # Bruce, Robert: Auric Mechanics and Theory, "Capturing the Aura," pp 293-296. Blue Dolphin Publishing, 2000.
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• Worldview
  ...rg/wiki/Psycholinguistics psycholinguistics] at Nijmegen, Netherlands. The theory has also gained attention through the work of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wik ...in the name of a supposedly higher [[ideal]] and in accordance to their [[theory]] of the world. These acts, perceived outside that unique ''Weltanschauung'
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• Biology
  .... Four unifying principles form the foundation of modern biology: [[cell theory]], [[evolution]], [[genetics]] and [[homeostasis]]. *[[Cell theory]]. All living organisms are made of at least one cell, the basic unit of f
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