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81preference theory — seeks to provide an empirically based, predictive explanation for the differentiated choices women make between productive work and reproductive work in rich modern societies, after the contraceptive revolution gave women control over their own… …
82Spitzer, Robert L. — (1932–) The architect of DSM III, which completely revised psychiatric diagnosis in the United States and worldwide, Spitzer was born in White Plains, New York, and earned his M.D. in 1957 from New York University School of Medicine. He… …
83idea — noun 1》 a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action. ↘a mental impression. ↘a belief. 2》 (the idea) the aim or purpose of an action. 3》 Philosophy (in Platonic thought) an eternally existing pattern of which individual… …
84Leibniz (from) to Kant — From Leibniz to Kant Lewis White Beck INTRODUCTION Had Kant not lived, German philosophy between the death of Leibniz in 1716 and the end of the eighteenth century would have little interest for us, and would remain largely unknown. In Germany… …
85Psychology — (from Greek gr. ψῡχή, psȳkhē , breath, life, soul ; and gr. λογία, logia ) is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. Psychologists study such phenomena as perception, cognition, emotion …
86nature, philosophy of — Introduction the discipline that investigates substantive issues regarding the actual features of nature as a reality. The discussion here is divided into two parts: the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of biology. In this… …
87Law of value — The law of value is a concept in Karl Marx s critique of political economy. Most generally, it refers to a regulative principle of the economic exchange of the products of human work: the relative exchange values of those products in trade,… …
88Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely …
89Intelligent design — This article is about intelligent design as promulgated by the Discovery Institute. For other uses, see Intelligent design (disambiguation). For the philosophical argument from design , see Teleological argument …
90Metaphysical naturalism — This article is about the worldview. For the methodological paradigm, see Methodological naturalism. Part of a series on Irreligion …
