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• Science
  ...to differentiate it from [[applied science]], which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs. ..."science" is generally limited to [[empirical]] study involving use of the scientific method. See, e.g. [https://www.thefreedictionary.com/science]. The first us
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• Vagueness
  Many [[scientific]] [[concepts]] are of [[necessity]] vague, for instance species in [[biolog [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Author
  ...ors has a single distinct author function. In the wake of [[postmodern]] [[literature]], [[Roland Barthes]] in his seminal essay [[Death of the Author]] (1968) a ...dersen, D., Dahiquist, G., Sarvas, M., and Aakvaag, A. (1999) Handling of scientific dishonesty in the Nordic countries. ''The Lancet'' 354: 11-18 [https://www.
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• Data
  ...easurement or result is a single ''datum''. Many (perhaps most) academic, scientific, and professional [[style guides]] (e.g., see page 43 of the [https://whqli ...These three concepts are ill- or ambiguously defined in the subject matter literature <!--Anyone know what subject matter this is referring to? It may need clar
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• Paradox
  ...ridical type, typically counterintuitive outcomes of economic theory. In [[literature]] a paradox can be any contradictory or obviously untrue statement, which r ==Paradox in literature==
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• Intuition
  ...nt method for testing claims. A characteristic example is the post-Gettier literature concerning the [[analysis]] of [[knowledge]]. A philosopher proposes a def * [https://www.intuition-sciences.com/introduction A scientific research group on intuition]
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• Languages and Literature
  ...the world and which has hundreds of songs sung in it, and a vast amount of literature written in it. [[The Stone City]], for example, was originally written in E ...existence of "[[mirror cells]]" in [[primate]]s. This, however, is still a scientific question. What exactly is the definition of the word "language"? Most resea
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• Public speaking
  ...gradual deprecation of the Latin style of oration. With the rise of the [[scientific method]] and the emphasis on a "plain" style of speaking and [[writing]], e [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Reflection
  ...onsciousness or sensation. [[Cognitive psychology]] accepts the use of the scientific method, but rejects introspection as a valid method of investigation for th ...hand, introspection can be considered a valid tool for the development of scientific hypotheses and theoretical models, in particular in cognitive sciences and
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• Sin
  # The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom by Gerald L. Schroeder ...W. A: Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3d ed. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press.
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• Imagination
  ...the field of [[scientific method|scientific]] [[hypothesis]]. Progress in scientific research is due largely to provisional explanations which are constructed b [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Esotericism
  ...ional and non-scientific belief systems, typically as contrasted with the "scientific" or "traditional religious" beliefs of the society without or "at large". I ...uted its own esoteric imagery, notably the [[Holy Grail]] from [[Arthurian literature]].
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• Humanity
  ...ly the humanities include [[Languages|ancient and modern languages]] and [[literature]], [[history]], [[philosophy]], [[religion]], [[visual arts|visual]] and ...ure]], as well as performing arts such as [[theatre]] and [[dance]], and [[literature]]. Other humanities such as language are sometimes considered to be part o
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• Science fiction
  ...nce]]s is the [[tradition]]al [[purpose]] of science fiction, making it a "literature of [[ideas]]".[1] Science fiction is largely based on writing entertainingl *Stories that involve [[technology]] or scientific principles that contradict known [[laws]] of [[nature]][4] (compare [[Mirac
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• Contemporary Philosophy
  ...classical certainties thought to be overthrown, and new social, economic, scientific, ethical, and logical problems, '''20th-century philosophy''' was set for a ...e]], [[cybernetics]], [[genetics]], and [[generative linguistics]], rich [[literature|literary]] output, and the emergence of the [[Film|motion picture]] as an a
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• Anti-gravity
  ...all number of reports of anti-gravity-like effects in the [[scientific]] [[literature]]. As of 2007 none of them are widely accepted by the physics community. ...of the Laws of Physics, by Daniel Z. Freedman and Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, Scientific American, February 1978
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• Real Presences
  .../en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction deconstruction] movement in modern [[literature]] (and [[art]] and [[music]]). It is not a book that many scientists would that Steiner feels deeply in the face of modern deconstructive movements in literature, with their
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• J. Gordon Melton
  ...ty Northwestern University] where he received his Ph.D. in the History and Literature of Religions in 1975. His doctoral dissertation surveyed some 800 religious *Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
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• English
  ...ceful and prosperous kingdom. Encourages [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[culture]] and [[literature]]. Even marries Aethelred's widow Emma, brought over from Normandy ...ter a while, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is no longer kept up. Authors write literature in French, not English. For all practical purposes English is no longer a w
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• Oral Tradition
  ...by all folklorists). As an [[academic discipline]], it refers both to a [[Scientific method|method]] and the objects studied by the method. ...ith immediate resistance, because it seemed to make the fount of [[Western literature|Western literary]] eloquence the slave of a system of [[cliché]]s, but it
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