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  • 1Power network — In social network theory, a power network collects many social networks to exercise common influence and power over others. Usually it describes the kind of group entity defined in political science or military science, which has a command… …

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  • 2Cultural cognition — The Cultural cognition of risk, sometimes called simply cultural cognition, refers to the hypothesized tendency of persons to form perceptions of risk and related facts that cohere with their self defining values. Research examining this… …

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  • 3Situated cognition — describes a perspective of human cognition that asserts learning happens as human beings interact with the living world. Also referred to as the situativity theory of cognition (Greeno, 1998), it is a theory of thinking as mainly on the fly and… …

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  • 4Stevens' power law — is a proposed relationship between the magnitude of a physical stimulus and its perceived intensity or strength. It is often considered to supersede the Weber Fechner law on the basis that it describes a wider range of sensations, although… …

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  • 5Science de la cognition — Dans l article des sciences cognitives, il est exprimé que les cogniticiens appartiennent à la science de la cognition. Nous aborderons donc, dans cet article, le principe même qui a fondé les sciences cognitives : la fusion des savoirs des… …

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  • 6Instinct — • The term usually includes the idea of a purposive adaptation of an action or series of actions in an organized being, not governed by consciousness of the end to be attained Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Instinct     Instinc …

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  • 7Psychology — • The science which treats of the soul and its operations Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Psychology     Psychology     † …

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  • 8Dualism — • 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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  • 9intellect — n. Understanding, reason, mind, sense, brains, thinking principle, reasoning faculty, rational faculty, discursive faculty, intellectual powers, intellectual faculties, cognitive faculty, cognitive powers, power of cognition …

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  • 10Ockham’s world and future — Arthur Gibson PHILOSOPHICAL BIOGRAPHY Ockham was born in about 1285, certainly before 1290, probably in the village of Ockham, Surrey, near London. If his epitaph is accurate, he died on 10 April 1347. Yet Conrad of Megenberg, when writing to… …

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