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41empiricism — empiricist, n., adj. /em pir euh siz euhm/, n. 1. empirical method or practice. 2. Philos. the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience. Cf. rationalism (def. 2). 3. undue reliance upon experience, as in medicine; quackery. 4 …
42Causes of schizophrenia — Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality and by significant social or occupational dysfunction. A person experiencing schizophrenia is… …
43animal learning — ▪ zoology Introduction the alternation of behaviour as a result of individual experience. When an organism can perceive and change its behaviour, it is said to learn. That animals can learn seems to go without saying. The cat that… …
44Saul Kripke — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE name = Saul Kripke birth = birth date and age|1940|11|13 death = school tradition = Analytic main interests = Logic (particularly modal) Philosophy of… …
45Thiomersal controversy — The thiomersal controversy is between claims that thiomersal containing vaccines (TCVs) cause or contribute to the development of autism and other brain development disorders,cite journal |author= Burton D |title= Mercury in medicine report… …
46Diabetes mellitus type 1 — Diabetes type 1 Classification and external resources Universal blue circle symbol for diabetes.[1] ICD 10 …
47Emotivism — (also known as the hurrah/boo theory) is the meta ethical view which claims that: # Ethical sentences do not express propositions. # Instead, ethical sentences express emotional attitudes. [Garner and Rosen, Moral Philosophy , chapter 13 (… …
48Andrew Wakefield — Born 1957 (age 53–54) Nationality British Education King Edward s School, Bath Alma mater St Mary s Hospital Medical School, London …
49Twelve Nidānas — The Twelve Nidānas (from Pali nidāna cause, foundation, source or origin ) are the best known application of the Buddhist concept of pratītyasamutpāda (dependent origination), identifying the origins of suffering to be in craving and ignorance.… …
50succession — succession, progression, series, sequence, chain, train, string are comparable when they mean a number of things that follow each other in some order. Succession implies that the units, whether things or persons, follow each other, typically in… …
