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  • 21Dualism — • Denotes the religious or theological system which would explain the universe as the outcome of two eternally opposed and coexisting principles Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dualism     Dualism …

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  • 22Literature — is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means acquaintance with letters (from Latin littera letter). In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non fiction.DefinitionsThe word literature has… …

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  • 23Joseph Banks Rhine — (1895 1980) est l un des premiers scientifiques à avoir utilisé des méthodes statistiques pour étudier les perceptions extra sensorielles et la psychokinèse. Il était professeur à l Université Duke, à Durham en Caroline du Nord, où la plupart de… …

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  • 24idealism — /uy dee euh liz euhm/, n. 1. the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. 2. the practice of idealizing. 3. something idealized; an ideal representation. 4. Fine Arts. treatment of subject matter in a work of art… …

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  • 25Sophists (The) — The sophists G. B. Kerferd In the fifth century BC the term sophistēs was used in Greece as a name to designate a particular profession, that of certain travelling teachers who went from city to city giving lectures and providing instruction in a …

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  • 26Neural correlate — A neural correlate of a content of experience is any bodily component, such as an electro neuro biological state or the state assumed by some biophysical subsystem of the brain, whose presence necessarily and regularly correlates with such a… …

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  • 27metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …

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  • 28philosophy, Western — Introduction       history of Western philosophy from its development among the ancient Greeks to the present.       This article has three basic purposes: (1) to provide an overview of the history of philosophy in the West, (2) to relate… …

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  • 29Scepticism — • Etymology of the word based on a Greek term meaning speculation, doubt Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Scepticism     Scepticism      …

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  • 30reasonable — rea·son·able adj 1 a: being in accordance with reason, fairness, duty, or prudence b: of an appropriate degree or kind c: supported or justified by fact or circumstance a reasonable belief that force was necessary for self defense d …

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