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{{short description|Something that exists in some identified universe of discourse}} ...[[abstraction]]s and [[legal fiction]]s are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an entity is [[Life|animate]], o ...

{{short description|State of puzzlement or expression of doubt, in philosophy and rhetoric}} ...iculty in passage", "puzzlement"}}) is a conundrum or state of puzzlement. In [[rhetoric]], it is a declaration of doubt, made for rhetorical purpose and ...

Meta-knowledge is a fundamental conceptual instrument in such research and scientific domains as, [[knowledge engineering]], [[knowl ...tically harvested from electronic publication archives, to reveal patterns in research, relationships between researchers and institutions and to identi ...

...resses the [[epistemology]] of that which we ''cannot'' know. Some related concepts include the [[halting problem]], the limits of knowledge, the unknown unkno ...igh level categories, logical unknowability, conceptual unknowability, and in-principle unknowability. ...

In [[philosophy]], '''{{transliteration|grc|episteme}}''' ({{Lang-grc|{{wikt-l ...s Library 5 RB.jpg|thumb|Personification of Episteme in [[Celsus Library]] in [[Ephesus]], Turkey.]] ...

...tudy and that can provide insights into the role military leadership plays in the outcome of conflicts.}}</ref> ...science'', to describe non-scientific academic disciplines, was first used in the middle of the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Nonscience|acces ...

...f time", is one of two positions regarding the temporal ordering of events in the [[philosophy of time]]. B-theorists argue that the flow of time is only ...ory of time" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1WfFkp4puw</ref> and is seen in theories such as [[Eternalism (philosophy of time)|eternalism]]. ...

{{philosophy sidebar}}{{For|use in anatomy|Epiphyseal plate}}{{distinguish|Physis (journal)|Physics}} ...7.2 (1987): 193–204. Print. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences. ''Evolving Concepts of Nature''. Proceedings of the Plenary Session, 24–28 October 2014, Acta 2 ...

...ethodology but is rather something that "emerges as a process methodology" in the midst of traditional research.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Mazze ...lso emphasizes the importance of positionality not only through disclosure in a [[positionality statement]] but as an active part of the research process ...

...Structures: Common Semantics for Sharing Knowledge|series = Lecture Notes in Computer Science|year = 2005|last1 = Goguen|first1 = Joseph|volume = 3596|p ...and how they are put together to form thoughts and sentences. The study of concepts has served as an important flagship of an emerging interdisciplinary approa ...

...ian |last4=Smith |first4=Wendy K. |date=2016-01-01 |title=Paradox Research in Management Science: Looking Back to Move Forward |url=https://openaccess.ci ...phy|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Summer 2018|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|access-date=2019-12-05|last2=Beall|first2 ...

...ry BCE works of [[Aristotle]] (OUP V, 240, 1991) (including ''Physics'', ''Metaphysics'', ''[[Nicomachean Ethics]]''<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ...)|Thomas Young]] - the first to use the term "energy" in the modern sense, in 1802.]] ...

...thics. In the 18th and 19th century, the aesthetics of nature advanced the concepts of disinterestedness, the pictures, and the introduction of the idea of pos }}</ref> The first major developments of nature occurred in the 18th century. The concept of disinterestedness had been explained by ma ...

...tymonline.com |access-date=2019-12-02}}</ref> The German word is also used in English. It is a concept fundamental to [[German philosophy]], especially [ ...w.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/philosophy/philosophy-terms-and-concepts/worldview-philosophy|title=Worldview (philosophy) – Encyclopedia.com|encycl ...

...e=Nietzsche, Epistemology, and Philosophy of Science|series=Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science|volume=204|pages=109–122|publisher=Springer|locat ...[[Platonism|Platonic]] notions in which objective truth is seen to reside in a wholly non-perspectival domain.<ref name=SEP/> Despite this, perspectivis ...

{{short description|Conceptions of knowledge and understanding in Indian religions}} '''''Vidya''''' ({{lang-sa|विद्या}}, {{IAST3|vidyā}}) figures prominently in all texts pertaining to [[Indian philosophy]] – meaning science, learning, ...

...evidence is usually understood as a private mental state. Important topics in this field include the questions of what the nature of these mental states ...edge that provides immediate access to truth and is therefore indubitable. In this role, it is supposed to provide ultimate justifications for basic phil ...

...lass (computer science)|superclasses]] or [[superset]]s of all the classes in the domain ontologies. ...gh library classifications organize and categorize knowledge using general concepts that are the same across all knowledge domains, neither system is a replace ...

...ree-dimensional [[Cartesian coordinate system]] used to indicate positions in space<!--(See diagram description for needed correction.)-->]] ...s=live}}</ref> In [[classical physics]], physical space is often conceived in three [[linear]] [[dimension]]s. [[Modern physicist]]s usually consider it, ...

...is described by its boundaries, [[structure]] and purpose and is expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of [[systems theory]] an The term ''system'' comes from the [[Latin]] word ''systēma'', in turn from [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|σύστημα}} ''systēma'': "whole ...