experience and theory
11theory — A reasoned explanation of known facts or phenomena that serves as a basis of investigation by which to seek the truth. SEE ALSO: hypothesis, postulate. [G. theoria, a beholding, speculation, t., fr. theoros, a beholder] adsorption t. of narcosis… …
12perceptual release theory of hallucinations — Also referred to as dream intrusion, dual input model, and seepage theory. The term perceptual release theory was introduced in or shortly before 1958 by the American psychiatrist Louis Jolyon West (1924 1999) to denote a hypothetical model… …
13expectancy hypothesis of hallucinatory experience — A generic term for a group of explanatory models that attribute a major part in the mediation of hallucinations and illusions to a person s expectations and attentional modulation. As noted by the American psychiatrist Mardi Jon Horowitz (b.… …
14And did those feet in ancient time — is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton a Poem, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. The date on the title page of 1804 for Milton is probably when the plates were begun, but the poem was… …
15animals and hallucinations — It has been suggested that not only humans but also other animals possess the capacity to hallucinate. Although hallucinatory phenomena experienced by animals are even less accessible to scientific research than those in humans, field and… …
16Expérience de Trouton-Noble — L’expérience de Trouton Noble est une tentative de détecter le déplacement de la Terre dans l éther. Cette expérience fut menée de 1901 à 1903 par Frederick Thomas Trouton et Henry R. Noble. Elle est liée à quelques expériences de pensée :… …
17Theory of relativity — This article is about the scientific concept. For philosophical or sociological theories about relativity, see Relativism. For the silent film, see The Einstein Theory of Relativity. Two dimensional projection of a three dimensional analogy of… …
18Theory of Colours — Infobox Book name = Theory of Colours title orig = Zur Farbenlehre translator = Charles Eastlake [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi m0422/is 2 82/ai 64573524/pg 6] image caption = Light spectrum, from Theory of Colours – Goethe observed that… …
19Theory of constraints — Part of a series of articles on Industry Manufacturing methods Batch production • Job production Continuous production Improvement method …
20Theory of everything (philosophy) — In philosophy, a theory of everything or TOE is an ultimate, all encompassing explanation of nature or reality.Rescher, Nicholas (2006a). Holistic Explanation and the Idea of a Grand Unified Theory . Collected Papers IX: Studies in Metaphilosophy …
