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  • 1culture — /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,… …

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  • 3Vienna Circle — The Vienna Circle (in German: der Wiener Kreis) was a group of philosophers who gathered around Moritz Schlick when he was called to the Vienna University in 1922, organized in a philosophical association named Verein Ernst Mach (Ernst Mach… …

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  • 4Nagel, Thomas — (1937– ) American moral and political theorist. Born in the former Yugoslavia, Nagel was educated at Cornell, Oxford, and Harvard. He taught at Princeton from 1966 to 1980, and subsequently at New York university. His work is centrally concerned… …

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  • 5intangible — (adj.) 1630s, incapable of being touched, from Fr. intangible (c.1500) or directly from M.L. intangibilis, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + L.L. tangibilis that may be touched (see TANGIBLE (Cf. tangible)). Figurative sense of that cannot be… …

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  • 6un|grasp|a|ble — «uhn GRAS puh buhl, GRAHS », adjective. that cannot be grasped or fully understood: »How ungraspable is the fact that real men ever did fight in real armour (Mark Twain) …

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  • 7ungraspable — adj. that cannot be grasped or comprehended …

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  • 8inapprehensible — /in ap ri henˈsi bl/ adjective 1. Not apprehensible 2. That cannot be grasped by the intellect or senses ORIGIN: ↑in (2) • • • inapprehenˈsion noun inapprehenˈsive adjective 1. Not apprehensive 2. Untroubled …

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  • 9Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself …

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  • 10Objectivism (Ayn Rand) — Objectivist philosophy redirects here. For other uses, see Objectivism (disambiguation). Objectivist movement …

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