philosophical+knowledge
51GREEK AND LATIN LANGUAGES, RABBINICAL KNOWLEDGE OF — The nature and extent of the knowledge of Greek and Latin on the part of the rabbis are subjects of scholarly controversy, differing opinions even being based on the same data, since they lend themselves to several interpretations. Such data are… …
52American Philosophical Society — ▪ science organization oldest extant learned society in the United States, founded under the impetus of Benjamin Franklin (Franklin, Benjamin) in 1743. At the beginning of the 21st century, it had more than 850 members, elected for their… …
53Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge's Taxonomy — In The Analytical Language of John Wilkins ( El idioma analítico de John Wilkins ), Jorge Luis Borges writes: [A slightly different English translation is at: cite web| author=Jorge Luis Borges | url=http://www.alamut.com/subj/artiface/language/jo… …
54Intuition (knowledge) — Intuition is apparent ability to acquire knowledge without a clear inference or the use of reason.It is the immediate apprehension of an object by the mind without the intervention of any reasoning process [Oxford English Dictionary] Intuition… …
55Royal Society (of London for the Promotion of Natural Knowledge) — Oldest scientific society in Britain. Founded in 1660, its early members included Robert Hooke, Christopher Wren, Isaac Newton, and Edmond Halley. It provided an impetus to scientific thought and developments in England, and its achievements… …
56Royal Society (of London for the Promotion of Natural Knowledge) — (Sociedad Real de Londres para la promoción del conocimiento científico). La más antigua sociedad científica de Gran Bretaña. Fundada en 1660, entre sus primeros miembros se cuentan Robert Hooke, Christopher Wren, Isaac Newton y Edmond Halley.… …
57philosophy, Western — Introduction history of Western philosophy from its development among the ancient Greeks to the present. This article has three basic purposes: (1) to provide an overview of the history of philosophy in the West, (2) to relate… …
58Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …
59metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …
60epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk… …
