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  • 101Romanian philosophy — is a name covering either a) the philosophy done in Romania or by Romanians, or b) an ethnic philosophy, which expresses at a high level the fundamental features of the Romanian spirituality, or which elevates to a philosophical level the… …

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  • 102Connexive logic — names one class of alternative, or non classical, logics designed to exclude the so called paradoxes of material implication. (Other logical theories with the same agenda include relevance logic, also known as relevant logic.) The characteristic… …

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  • 103АРИСТОТЕЛЬ — (Aristoteles) (384 322 до н.э.) великий др. греч. философ и ученый, создатель логики, основатель психологии, этики, политики, поэтики как самостоятельных наук. Родившись на северо востоке Греции (г. Стагира), провел 20 лет в Академии Платона (см …

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  • 104adversative — adversatively, adv. /ad verr seuh tiv/, adj. 1. expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis: But is an adversative conjunction. n. 2. an adversative word or proposition. [1525 35; < LL adversativus, equiv. to adversat(us) (ptp. of adversari …

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  • 105antipathy — antipathist, n. /an tip euh thee/, n., pl. antipathies. 1. a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion. 2. an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling. 3. an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike. [1595 1605; < L&#8230; …

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  • 106difference — /dif euhr euhns, dif reuhns/, n., v., differenced, differencing. n. 1. the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two. 2. an instance or point of unlikeness or dissimilarity: What accounts for …

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  • 107discrepancy — /di skrep euhn see/, n., pl. discrepancies for 2. 1. the state or quality of being discrepant; difference; inconsistency. 2. an instance of difference or inconsistency: There are certain discrepancies between the two versions of the story. Also,&#8230; …

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  • 108enantiotropy — enantiotropic /i nan tee euh trop ik, troh pik/, adj. /i nan tee o treuh pee/, n. Crystall. polymorphism in which one of the polymorphs may revert to the state of the other at a critical temperature and pressure. Cf. monotropy. [ < G&#8230; …

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  • 109repugnance — /ri pug neuhns/, n. 1. the state of being repugnant. 2. strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy. 3. contradictoriness or inconsistency. Also, repugnancy. [1350 1400; ME < MF < L repugnantia, equiv. to repugn(are) to REPUGN + antia&#8230; …

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  • 110strife — strifeful, adj. strifeless, adj. /struyf/, n. 1. vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife. 2. a quarrel, struggle, or clash: armed strife. 3. competition or rivalry: the strife of the marketplace. 4. Archaic. strenuous …

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