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relativity of knowledge — noun The doctrine that the nature and extent of our knowledge is determined not merely by the qualities of the objects known but necessarily by the conditions of our cognitive powers • • • Main Entry: ↑relate * * * relativity of knowledge, 1.… … Useful english dictionary
relativity of knowledge — n. Philos. the theory that all knowledge is relative to the mind, or that things can be known only through their effects on the mind, and that consequently there can be no knowledge of reality as it is in itself … English World dictionary
RELATIVITY OF KNOWLEDGE — the doctrine that all knowledge is of things as they appear to us and not of things as they are in themselves, is subjective and not objective, is phenomenal and not noumenal … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
relativity of knowledge — noun the doctrine that all human knowledge is relative to the human mind, or that the mind can know concerning things only the effects which they produce upon it and not what the things themselves are …
relativity — [rel΄ə tiv′ə tē] n. 1. the condition, fact, or quality of being relative 2. the close dependence of one occurrence, value, quality, etc. on another 3. Philos. a) RELATIVISM b) RELATIVITY OF KNOWLEDGE 4. Physics … English World dictionary
relativity — /rel euh tiv i tee/, n. 1. the state or fact of being relative. 2. Physics. a theory, formulated essentially by Albert Einstein, that all motion must be defined relative to a frame of reference and that space and time are relative, rather than… … Universalium
relativity — n. Phyics, principle, formulated by Einstein, and based primarily on the constancy of the velocity of light, denying the absoluteness of space and time and establishing time as fourth dimension . ♦ special theory of relativity, as above.… … Dictionary of difficult words
Knowledge — is defined (Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i) expertise, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject, (ii) what is known in a particular field or in total;… … Wikipedia
Relativity priority dispute — Albert Einstein presented the theories of Special Relativity and General Relativity in groundbreaking publications that either contained no formal references to previous literature, or referred only to a small number of his predecessors for… … Wikipedia
Knowledge relativity — In philosophy, knowledge relativity is the notion that knowledge can be seen as the relation between a form of representation with up to two sorts of intent ndash; communication and use goals ndash; and with up to three subjects ndash; one who… … Wikipedia
