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21mathematics, foundations of — Scientific inquiry into the nature of mathematical theories and the scope of mathematical methods. It began with Euclid s Elements as an inquiry into the logical and philosophical basis of mathematics in essence, whether the axioms of any system… …
22Algorithmic efficiency — In computer science, efficiency is used to describe properties of an algorithm relating to how much of various types of resources it consumes. Algorithmic efficiency can be thought of as analogous to engineering productivity for a repeating or… …
23Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
24Schopenhauer's criticism of the Kantian philosophy — Schopenhauer appended a criticism to the first volume of his The World as Will and Representation . He wanted to show Kant s errors so that Kant s merits would be appreciated and his achievements furthered. Kant s merits According to Schopenhauer …
25Critique of the Kantian philosophy — Schopenhauer appended a criticism to the first volume of his The World as Will and Representation. He wanted to show Kant s errors so that Kant s merits would be appreciated and his achievements furthered. At the time he wrote his criticism,… …
26Pat Lipsky — is an American painter associated with Lyrical Abstraction, Color Field Painting, and Geometric abstraction.EducationLipsky grew up in New York City. She graduated with a BFA from Cornell University in 1963, receiving an MFA from the Graduate… …
27Fixed-point combinator — Y combinator redirects here. For the technology venture capital firm, see Y Combinator (company). In computer science, a fixed point combinator (or fixpoint combinator[1] ) is a higher order function that computes a fixed point of other functions …
28Charles Peirce — Infobox Scientist name = Charles Peirce box width = image size = 200px caption = Charles Peirce birth date = September 10, 1839 birth place = Cambridge, Massachusetts death date = April 19, 1914 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality …
29Dada — For other uses, see Dada (disambiguation). Cover of the first edition of the publication Dada by Tristan Tzara; Zurich, 1917 Dada (English pronunciation: /ˈdɑːdɑː/) or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in Zurich, Switzerland, du …
30culture — /kul cheuhr/, n., v., cultured, culturing. n. 1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc. 2. that which is excellent in the arts, manners,… …
