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  • illusion to take place, but there are a number of theories. One of the most ... (or "carpentered world") theory. Interestingly enough, the ...
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  • In recursion theory and computational complexity theory, a decision ... The field of computational complexity theory categorizes decidable ...
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  • In cosmology, the Steady State theory (also known as the Infinite ... The Steady State Theory of Bondi, Gold and Hoyle was inspired by the ...
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  • of the mid-twentieth century. His book Theory of Monopolistic Competition ... Chamberlin published his book The Theory of Monopolistic Competition ...
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  • In mathematics and set theory, an axiomatic system is any set of specified ... to be a flaw because reducing the number of axioms of a system to ...
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  • The Verifiability theory of meaning was put forth in the early twentieth ... abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any ...
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  • work in abstract algebra, algebraic number theory, and laid the foundations ... of Göttingen. Dedekind studied number theory under Moritz Stern. Gauss ...
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  • however 300 Hz is not a whole number octave above 100 Hz, despite ... are generally used only in musical set theory or atonal theory. Thus all ...
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  • examples of simple yet deep theorems in number theory and combinatorics, among ... by representing theorems about basic number theory as expressions in a formal ...
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  • develops theories and axioms (e.g. field theory, group theory, topology, ... to prove many important facts about number theory and they allowed Gödel ...
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  • Russell in 1901, showed that the naive set theory of Frege leads to a contradiction. ... The paradox drove Russell to develop type theory and Ernst Zermelo to develop ...
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  • thirty years. He is most famous for his theory of modal realism, but also ... While Lewis's best known and most controversial theory is that ...
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  • Moreover, one tries to reduce the number of different interaction ... which was described by a mathematical theory. In ancient times, Aristotle ...
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  • The adoption of the term "nucleus" to atomic theory, however ... element, every atom has a constant number of protons in the nucleus ...
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  • is a subject of the study in the field of proof theory. ... called theorems as in mathematics. Proof theory studies this notion of proof ...
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  • Pythagoreans as the name of the beginning number of a series, from which all ... of the fundamental units of existence. His theory was an alternative to the ...
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  • any reasonable relativistic quantum field theory, particles with integer spin ... in conjunction with Albert Einstein, the theory characterizing such particles ...
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  • Atoms are generally classified by their atomic number, which corresponds ... The mass number, atomic mass number, or nucleon number of an element ...
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  • force.[http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/hadrons.html Hadrons] Stanford ... a hadron may contain an indefinite number of virtual quarks, antiquarks ...
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  • thinker of the Frankfurt School/critical theory. Horkheimer was critical ... of Marxism: Marxism as scientific theory in the sense that social ...
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  • Sharaku left a large number of masterpieces, but the dates of his ... and presence is very strong. The presumed number of Sharaku's works is ...
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  • is clearly flawed: an infinitesimal is a number whose modulus is less than ... of this theorem is that if there is a number system in which it is true ...
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  • He also published a book on Plato's theory of ideas (or forms) that ... the greatest pleasure for the greatest number of people. But, Ross objected ...
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  • arise from an imbalance in the total number of electrons and protons ... were only described by the classical theory of electrodynamics and there ...
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  • previously accepted "wages-fund" theory that wages were based on ... During his tenancy at MIT, the number of students increased from ...
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  • to the development of the modern theory of social evolution. Service ... cultural relativism. Service and a number of other students, among ...
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  • and advanced the "abstinence" theory of profit. He was strong ... Senior introduced the word “abstinence” into economic theory. ...
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  • There is a theory that periodic (every about 30 million years) disturbances ... There is also a theory of a denser, inner part of the Oort cloud coined ...
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  • time on. Parsons advocated the "grand theory" approach, encompassing ... Parsons was an advocate of "grand theory," an attempt to ...
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  • to make places available for an increasing number of students, but also to ... in spirit, stressing the subjectivist theory of value and reflecting the ...
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  • understanding of human nature, offered a number of significant advances. ... are his method of factor analysis, his theory of intelligence, and his ...
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  • His approach refuted the "labor theory" of value, showing that ... of economics under a reconstructed price theory in his "Preface" ...
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  • Frisch's work advanced economics in a number of aspects: He formalized ... He published several papers in probability theory, beginning teaching at the ...
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  • reminiscence), or as it is also known, the theory of recollection, is one of ... The theory of anamnesis is a version of theory of innate ideas. Rationalists ...
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  • Reductionism, in a philosophical context, is a theory that asserts ... like relation between any claim from the theory in order to be reduced (chemistry ...
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  • Philolaus followed Pythagorean number theory, and held that the elementary ... nine bodies, in accordance with his number theory he conceived a tenth ...
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  • The term "fossil fuels" is based on the widely accepted ... This process of formation is known as the biogenic theory. An opposing ...
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  • symptomatic, from sema, sign) is a theory of the aspects of meanings ... for instance, structuralism and prototype theory. The former goes back to ...
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  • without social recognition (natural rights theory) and those that believe that ... of rights then come from normative theory, and more specifically normative ...
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  • detailed explanation, see quantum field theory. Following the convention ... have been catalogued in a quantum field theory called the Standard Model ...
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  • of the first works on general equilibrium theory, Hicks showed that value ... to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory. ...
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  • of functions frequently encountered in number theory were λ-definable, and ... *--------, 1936. "An Unsolvable Problem of Elementary Number ...
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  • The usual example of a causally deterministic theory is Newtonian ... Philosophers have long been preoccupied with using the least number ...
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  • a neutron and a neutrino. As a result, the number of protons within the nucleus ... the proton is changed to a neutron, the number of neutrons increases by ...
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  • ===Correspondence theory of truth=== these augments is a "correspondence theory of truth." When the ...
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  • it is a subatomic particle with a baryon number of 1. Baryons are a subset ... ), where "spin" refers to the angular momentum quantum number ...
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  • work in the field of corporate finance theory. Miller also co-authored ... Cost of Capital, Corporate Finance and the Theory of Investment," first ...
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  • clarify the implications of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism, and ... in the form of a paper titled "On the Theory of Lightning Conductors, ...
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  • years of birth and death. Only a limited number of fragments survive in the ... The theory of “qi” developed over the centuries and became a foundation ...
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  • a similar proposal—the basis for his theory of relativity. It appears ... in terms of James Clerk Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. ...
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