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31Pythagoreans and Eleatics — Edward Hussey PYTHAGORAS AND THE EARLY PYTHAGOREANS Pythagoras, a native of Samos, emigrated to southern Italy around 520, and seems to have established himself in the city of Croton. There he founded a society of people sharing his beliefs and… …
32Hermeneutics — 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 …
33Realism — a view of a reality ontologically independent of conception, perception, etc. Objects have certain properties regardless of any thought to the contrary. • Critical realism a view that certain types of sense data accurately represent a mind… …
34Critical realism — a view of a reality ontologically independent of conception, perception, etc. Objects have certain properties regardless of any thought to the contrary. • Critical realism a view that certain types of sense data accurately represent a mind… …
35Modal realism — a view of a reality ontologically independent of conception, perception, etc. Objects have certain properties regardless of any thought to the contrary. • Critical realism a view that certain types of sense data accurately represent a mind… …
36Moral realism — a view of a reality ontologically independent of conception, perception, etc. Objects have certain properties regardless of any thought to the contrary. • Critical realism a view that certain types of sense data accurately represent a mind… …
37Naive realism — a view of a reality ontologically independent of conception, perception, etc. Objects have certain properties regardless of any thought to the contrary. • Critical realism a view that certain types of sense data accurately represent a mind… …
38Platonic realism — a view of a reality ontologically independent of conception, perception, etc. Objects have certain properties regardless of any thought to the contrary. • Critical realism a view that certain types of sense data accurately represent a mind… …
39cognition — n. 1. Knowledge, cognizance. 2. Knowing, (the) act of knowing, cognitive process, cognizing. 3. Cognitive act, (some one) act of knowing, piece of knowledge …
40cognize — [käg′nīz΄, käg nīz′] vt. cognized, cognizing [back form. < COGNIZANCE] to take cognizance of; notice …
