refinements of metaphysical thought
21Galileo Galilei — For other uses of Galileo , see Galileo (disambiguation). For other uses of Galileo Galilei , see Galileo Galilei (disambiguation) …
22Carnap, Rudolf — (1891–1970) German logical positivist . Carnap left Vienna to become professor at Prague in 1931, and fled Nazism to become professor in Chicago in 1935. He subsequently worked at Los Angeles from 1952 to 1961. Carnap was probably more… …
23Nullification Crisis — Events leading to the U.S. Civil War Northwest Ordinance Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Missouri Compromise …
24Islam and science — The relationship between science and Islam is a matter of controversy. In the Muslim world, many believe that modern science was first developed in the Muslim world rather than in Europe and Western countries, that all the wealth of knowledge in… …
25Atthakavagga and Parayanavagga — The IAST|Aṭṭhakavagga (Pali, Octet Chapter ) and the Pārāyanavagga (Pali, Way to the Far Shore Chapter ) are two small collections of suttas within the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. [In the Pali canon, these chapters are the fourth and fifth… …
