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91international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
92skepticism — /skep teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. skeptical attitude or temper; doubt. 2. doubt or unbelief with regard to a religion, esp. Christianity. 3. (cap.) the doctrines or opinions of philosophical Skeptics; universal doubt. Also, scepticism. [1640 50; < NL… …
93Indian philosophy — Any of the numerous philosophical systems developed on the Indian subcontinent, including both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa, and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika) systems …
94Dunning–Kruger effect — Psychology …
95Madhyamākalaṃkāra — Madhyamakalamkara (Sanskrit) Madhyamākalaṃkāra (IAST) (8th century CE) is a Buddhist text held to have been originally composed in Sanskrit by Śāntarakṣita (725–788)[1] but extant in Tibetan. The Tibetan text was translated from the Sanskrit by… …
96aftereffect — Also known as aftersensation and perceptual aftereffect. All three terms refer to the illusory visual perception that may follow prolonged exposure to a particular visual stimulus. As a rule, aftereffects present themselves in the inverted… …
97Alice in Wonderland syndrome — Also known as Alice in Wonderland effect, Wonderland syndrome, and syndrome of Alice in Wonderland. The term syndrome of Alice in Wonderland was introduced in or shortly before 1955 by the British psychiatrist John Todd (1914 1987) to denote a …
98Benham's top — Also known as Benham s disk, Benham s wheel, and artificial spectrum top. The eponym Benham s top refers to the British amateur scientist and toymaker Charles Edwin Benham (18601929), who in 1894 published an account in Nature describing a… …
99body schema illusion — Also known as body schema disturbance, *somato éidolie, *disorder of corporeal awareness, illusion of corporeal transformation, and illusion of corporeal displacement. All six terms are used to denote an illusory change in the size, relation,… …
100Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge — (1832 1898) Better known as Lewis Carroll. A British mathematician, and member of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), as well as an author of children s books, who is probably best known for his Alice s Adventures in Wonderland.As… …
