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31Suspension of disbelief — or willing suspension of disbelief is an aesthetic theory intended to characterize people s relationships to art. It was coined by the poet and aesthetic philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1817. It refers to the willingness of a person to… …
32Criteria of truth — In epistemology, criteria of truth (or tests of truth) are standards and rules used to judge the accuracy of statements and claims. They are tools of verification. Understanding a philosophy s criteria of truth is fundamental to a clear… …
33Truth (religious) — Most religious traditions hold a body of truths that are part of the particular tradition. Such truths may be considered to be spiritually revealed, or may be developed through tradition, or may be a combination of both. Whatever these truths are …
34deny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contradict, negate; refuse, withhold; doubt, reject; oppose, protest; renounce, doom. See negation, refusal, rejection. Ant., acknowledge, admit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contradict, dispute,… …
35presuppose — presuppose, presume, assume, postulate, premise, posit are comparable when they mean to take something for granted or as true or existent especially as a basis for action or reasoning. Their corresponding nouns presupposition, presumption,… …
36Kalama Sutta — The Kalama Sutta (Sanskrit: Kalama Sutra; th. กาลามสูตร, Kalama Sut ) is a Buddhist sutta in the Anguttara Nikaya of the Tipitaka. It is often cited by Mahayana and Theravada Buddhists alike. Kalama sutta is also called Buddha s charter of free… …
37niman — [continued from previous definition] 1. to seize, grasp, capture, catch; (1) to get into one s hands by force or artifice; (a) by war, robbery, legal process, etc.; w.a. cognate: (b) to catch fish, an animal, a bird, etc.; (b α) of an animal, to… …
38Black Mystery Month — Infobox American Dad! episode Title =Black Mystery Month Series =American Dad! Caption = Season =2 Episode =13 Airdate =February 18, 2007 Production =2AJN20 Writer =Laura McCreary Director =Brent Woods Guests = newspaper headline = Iran changes… …
39believe — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To accept as true] Syn. accept, hold, think, conclude, have faith, be convinced, be certain, be confident, deem, understand, regard, take at one s word, consider, affirm, maintain, be of the opinion, postulate, opine,… …
40Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself …
