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  2. Episteme - Wikipedia

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    For example, understanding how geometrical axioms lead to a theorem about properties of triangles counts as understanding the cause of the proven property of the right triangle. As a result, episteme is a virtue of thought that deals with what cannot be otherwise, while techne and phronesis deal with what is contingent.

  3. Epistemology - Wikipedia

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    Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge.Also called "theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowledge in the form of skills, and knowledge by acquaintance as a familiarity through experience.

  4. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    When the model becomes accurate, it is just as difficult to understand as the real-world processes it represents. Buttered cat paradox: Humorous example of a paradox from contradicting proverbs. Intentionally blank page: Many documents contain pages on which the text "This page intentionally left blank" is printed, thereby making the page not ...

  5. Ellsberg paradox - Wikipedia

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    Many humans naturally assume in real-world situations that if they are not told the probability of a certain event, it is to deceive them. Participants make the same decisions in the experiment as they would about related but not identical real-life problems where the experimenter would be likely to be a deceiver acting against the subject's ...

  6. Thomas theorem - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, Thomas stressed societal problems such as intimacy, family, or education as fundamental to the role of the situation when detecting a social world "in which subjective impressions can be projected on to life and thereby become real to projectors". [3] The definition of the situation is a fundamental concept in symbolic interactionism.

  7. Situationism (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    For example, in 1973, Darley and Batson conducted a study where they asked students at a seminary school to give a presentation in a separate building. They gave each individual participant a topic, and would then tell a participant that they were supposed to be there immediately, or in a few minutes, and sent them on their way to the building.

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    Billy Ray Cyrus is learning to adjust to his new normal with his "changed" voice.. A source tells PEOPLE exclusively that the country singer's vocals are not what they used to be, and it has ...

  9. Object of the mind - Wikipedia

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    For example, acting is a profession which predicates real jobs on fictional premises. Charades is a game people play by guessing imaginary objects from short play-acts. Imaginary personalities and histories are sometimes invented to enhance the verisimilitude of fictional universes , and/or the immersion of role-playing games .