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  2. Correspondence principle - Wikipedia

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    The generalized principle applies correspondence across aspects of a complete theory, not just a single formula as in the classical limit correspondence. [ 16 ] : 17 For example, Albert Einstein in his 1905 work on relativity noted that classical mechanics relied on Galilean relativity while electromagnetism did not, and yet both work well.

  3. Aristotle's views on women - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle gave equal weight to women's happiness as he did to men's, commenting in Rhetoric that a society cannot be happy unless women are happy too. [1] Aristotle believed that in nature a common good came of the rule of a superior being; he states in Politics that "By nature the female has been distinguished from the slave. For nature makes ...

  4. Sympathetic magic - Wikipedia

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    Law of contagion – Folk belief ― magical principle that any two objects that were once in contact will maintain an invisible connection unless it is deliberately broken; Magic – Practice of supernatural beings and forces; Magical thinking – Belief in the connection of unrelated events; Natural magic – Natural science during the ...

  5. Natural law - Wikipedia

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    Axiology and Theology: Natural law theorists often incorporate resort to several ends and values to detect principles and rules of natural law. For instance, John Finnis develops natural law based on seven basic good (life, knowledge, play, aesthetic experience, sociability, practical reasonableness, religion) that he believes are self-evident ...

  6. Darwin and women - Wikipedia

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    There is also evidence of Darwin's correspondence with women of that time who challenged the gender ideology such as Florence Dixie, a traveler, writer and hunter who endorsed equality in marriage and Caroline Kennard, an American writer and feminist. Dixie also wrote a book which created the fantasy of a world where men and women were equals. [3]

  7. Correspondence theory of truth - Wikipedia

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    Correspondence theory is a traditional model which goes back at least to some of the ancient Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle. [2] [3] This class of theories holds that the truth or the falsity of a representation is determined solely by how it relates to a reality; that is, by whether it accurately describes that reality.

  8. Correspondence principle (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The correspondence principle is a concept in quantum theory and relativity. Correspondence principle may also refer to: Correspondence principle (sociology), correspondence between social class and available education; In public finance, the principle that identifies the places where it is beneficial to provide public goods and services

  9. Nature (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    In other words, a nature is the principle within a natural raw material that is the source of tendencies to change or rest in a particular way unless stopped. For example, a rock would fall unless stopped. Natural things stand in contrast to artifacts, which are formed by human artifice, not because of an innate tendency.