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  2. Maxim (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    In deontological ethics, mainly in Kantian ethics, maxims are understood as subjective principles of action. A maxim is thought to be part of an agent's thought process for every rational action, indicating in its standard form: (1) the action, or type of action; (2) the conditions under which it is to be done; and (3) the end or purpose to be achieved by the action, or the motive.

  3. Maximalism - Wikipedia

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    Critics have aptly borrowed those terms to characterize the difference between Mr. Beckett, for example, and his erstwhile master James Joyce, himself a maximalist except in his early works. [3] Takayoshi Ishiwari elaborates on Barth's definition by including a postmodern approach to the notion of authenticity. Thus:

  4. Glossary of philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Also called humanocentrism. The practice, conscious or otherwise, of regarding the existence and concerns of human beings as the central fact of the universe. This is similar, but not identical, to the practice of relating all that happens in the universe to the human experience. To clarify, the first position concludes that the fact of human existence is the point of universal existence; the ...

  5. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    The study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of laws and concepts of physics. physical constant physical quantity physics The natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force.

  6. Scientific terminology - Wikipedia

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    Those are specific notions and terms, e.g., nanoarchitectonics, [1] [2] spintronics - a neologism meaning "spin transport electronics", [3] spinplasmonics, [4] which are often not yet big enough to create a new field of science. Arguably, introducing many of those terms is unnecessary and can be considered as an attempt to produce something ...

  7. Condition of possibility - Wikipedia

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    With Kant comes a transition in philosophy from this dichotomy to the dichotomy of the apparition [clarification needed] / conditions-of-appearance [clarification needed]. There is no longer any higher essence behind the apparition [clarification needed]. It is what it is, a brute fact, and what one must now examine is the conditions that are ...

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    For example, they only included studies written in English and focused on healthy adult participants, excluding those with problems like cardiometabolic conditions.

  9. Scientific theory - Wikipedia

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    Terms commonly associated with it are "linguistic" (because theories are components of a language) and "syntactic" (because a language has rules about how symbols can be strung together). Problems in defining this kind of language precisely, e.g., are objects seen in microscopes observed or are they theoretical objects, led to the effective ...