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  2. Glossary of Shinto - Wikipedia

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    ' dance hall ') – Another word for a kaguraden, a pavilion or stage dedicated to the performing of the kagura. Bunrei (分霊, lit. ' soul division ') – A process of division of a kami producing two complete copies of the original, one of which is then transferred to a new shrine by a process called kanjō. Bunsha (分社, lit.

  3. Methodology - Wikipedia

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    The reason is that very different and sometimes even opposite conclusions may follow from the same factual material based on the chosen methodology. [ 16 ] Aleksandr Georgievich Spirkin argues that methodology, when understood in a wide sense, is of great importance since the world presents us with innumerable entities and relations between ...

  4. Antipositivism - Wikipedia

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    In social science, antipositivism (also interpretivism, negativism [citation needed] or antinaturalism) is a theoretical stance which proposes that the social realm cannot be studied with the methods of investigation utilized within the natural sciences, and that investigation of the social realm requires a different epistemology.

  5. Antiphrasis - Wikipedia

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    Antiphrasis is the rhetorical device of saying the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that it is obvious what the true intention is. [1] Some authors treat and use antiphrasis just as irony, euphemism or litotes. [2] When the antiphrasal use is very common, the word can become an auto-antonym, [3] having opposite meanings ...

  6. Abstraction - Wikipedia

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    Its opposite, specification, is the analysis or breaking-down of a general idea or abstraction into concrete facts. Abstraction can be illustrated by Francis Bacon 's Novum Organum (1620), a book of modern scientific philosophy written in the late Jacobean era [ 5 ] of England to encourage modern thinkers to collect specific facts before making ...

  7. Unpaired word - Wikipedia

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    An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym , with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite.

  8. Cartesian doubt - Wikipedia

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    Cartesian doubt is a form of methodological skepticism associated with the writings and methodology of René Descartes (March 31, 1596–February 11, 1650). [1] [2]: 88 Cartesian doubt is also known as Cartesian skepticism, methodic doubt, methodological skepticism, universal doubt, systematic doubt, or hyperbolic doubt.

  9. Critique - Wikipedia

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    Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic study of a written or oral discourse.Although critique is frequently understood as fault finding and negative judgment, [1] it can also involve merit recognition, and in the philosophical tradition it also means a methodical practice of doubt. [1]