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11Philosophy of biology — The philosophy of biology is a subfield of philosophy of science, which deals with epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues in the biological and biomedical sciences. Although philosophers of science and philosophers generally have long… …
12Philosophy of business — The Development of management theory and philosophy considers the fundamental principles that underlie the formation and operation of a business enterprise; the nature and purpose of a business, for example, is it primarily property or a social… …
13Mechanism (biology) — In biology and in science in general a mechanism is a complex object (system) or, more generally, a process that produces a regular phenomenon. For example, natural selection is one of the mechanisms of biological evolution, other being genetic… …
14philosophy — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelianism, Berkeleianism, Bradleianism, Buddha like composure, Cynicism, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, Epicureanism, Fichteanism, Hegelianism, Heideggerianism, Heracliteanism, Herbartianism, Humism, Kantianism …
15philosophy — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The study of knowledge] Syn. theory, reasoned doctrine, explanation of phenomena, logical concept, systematic view, theory of knowledge, early science, natural philosophy; see also knowledge 1 . Fields of philosophy include …
16mechanism — /ˈmɛkənɪzəm / (say mekuhnizuhm) noun 1. a piece of machinery. 2. the machinery, or the agencies or means, by which a particular effect is produced or a purpose is accomplished. 3. machinery or mechanical appliances in general. 4. the structure,… …
17mechanism — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, Marxism, action, agency, agent, ancilla, animalism, apparatus, appliance, approach, arrangement, art, atomism, automatic switch, behaviorism, channel selector, check valve, clockworks, commonsense… …
18mechanism — noun 1》 a piece of machinery. 2》 a process by which something takes place or is brought about. 3》 Philosophy the doctrine that all natural phenomena allow mechanical explanation by physics and chemistry. Derivatives mechanist noun Origin C17:… …
19philosophy of organism — a theory advanced by A. N. Whitehead that the ultimate entities of nature though governed by mechanical principles are not inert but are enduring structures of activity and that the nature of each reflects its organic relations with the larger… …
20nature, 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… …
