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thought — thought1 /thawt/, n. 1. the product of mental activity; that which one thinks: a body of thought. 2. a single act or product of thinking; idea or notion: to collect one s thoughts. 3. the act or process of thinking; mental activity: Thought as… … Universalium
Logic in Islamic philosophy — Logic (Arabic: Mantiq ) played an important role in early Islamic philosophy. Islamic law placed importance on formulating standards of argument, which gave rise to a novel approach to logic in Kalam, as seen in the method of qiyas . This… … Wikipedia
positivism — positivist, adj., n. positivistic, adj. positivistically, adv. /poz i teuh viz euhm/, n. 1. the state or quality of being positive; definiteness; assurance. 2. a philosophical system founded by Auguste Comte, concerned with positive facts and… … Universalium
Al-Farabi — Muslim scholar Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Fārābī[1] Title The Second Teacher[2] … Wikipedia
Consciousness — Representation of consciousness from the seventeenth century. Consciousness is a term that refers to the relati … Wikipedia
qiyas — kēˈyäs noun ( es) Etymology: Arabic qiyās analogy : the principle of analogy applied in the interpretation of points of Muslim law not clearly covered in the Koran or sunna : analogical inference or deduction * * * /kee yahs /, n. Islam. judgment … Useful english dictionary
AII — • Analogical and Inductive Inference, International Workshop AII 86, LNCS265, 1987; AII 89, LNCS397; AII 92, LNCS642 (informationswissenschaftl. Veoeffentlichungen) • Active Input Interface … Acronyms
Analogy — is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is… … Wikipedia
INTERPRETATION — This article is arranged according to the following outline: definition of terms bible exegesis substance of bible exegesis in jewish creative interpretation and integrative interpretation … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Knowledge retrieval — is a field of study which seeks to return information in a structured form, consistent with human cognitive processes as opposed to simple lists of data items. It draws on a range of fields including Epistemology (Theory of knowledge), Cognitive… … Wikipedia