Unfamiliar Vocabulary
Terms
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a person made to do hard, menial or dull work - normative
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adjective:
establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behavior - epigram
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a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way - metaphysics
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the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including absract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time and space; abstract theory or talk with no basis in reality - dogmatic
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inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true - phenomenology
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the science of phenomena as distinct from that of the nature of being; an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience - multifarious
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many and of various types; having many varied parts or aspects - heterogeneous
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diverse in character or content - axiomatic
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self-evident or unquestionable - artificer
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a skilled craftsman or inventor - gestalt
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an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts - positivism
- a philosophical system that holds that every rationally justifiable assertion can be scientifically verified or is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and that therefore rejects metaphysics and theism
- epistemology
- the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
- exegesis
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cricitical explanation or interpretation of a text - insidious
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proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects; treacherous, crafty - trenchant
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vigorous or incisive in expression or style - catharsis
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the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions - epigone
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a less distinguished follower or imitator of someone, especially an artist or philosopher - parsimonious
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unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal - dithyramb
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a wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysius