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Cosmology

The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.

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Metaphysics 76% connected

The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal condit…

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Cosmological 74% connected

Of or pertaining to cosmology.

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Cosmological 74% connected

Of or pertaining to cosmology.

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Cosmologist 74% connected

One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.

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Cosmologist 74% connected

One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.

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Cosmogony 92% connected

The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxago…

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Aesthetics noun · 86% connection

(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "tradition…

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Aetiology noun · 86% connection

the philosophical study of causation

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Axiology noun · 86% connection

the study of values and value judgments

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Bioethics noun · 86% connection

the branch of ethics that studies moral values in the biomedical sciences

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Casuistry noun · 86% connection

moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas

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contract law noun · 86% connection

that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts

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Dialectic noun · 86% connection

any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments

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Endaemonism noun · 86% connection

an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason

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Epistemology noun · 86% connection

the philosophical theory of knowledge

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Esthetics noun · 86% connection

(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "tradition…

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Ethical nihilism noun · 86% connection

the meta-ethical view that nothing is intrinsically moral or immoral.; "The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reali…

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Ethics noun · 86% connection

the philosophical study of moral values and rules

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Etiology noun · 86% connection

the philosophical study of causation

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Eudemonism noun · 86% connection

an ethical system that evaluates actions by reference to personal well-being through a life based on reason

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Hedonism noun · 86% connection

an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good

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Jurisprudence noun · 86% connection

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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Law noun · 86% connection

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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Legal philosophy noun · 86% connection

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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Acosmist noun · 78% connection

One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God.

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Anatomy noun · 78% connection

The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.

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Architecture noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's syste…

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Brace noun · 78% connection

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, whic…

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Computer architecture noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's syste…

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Conservation of parity noun · 78% connection

(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a…

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Cosmography noun · 78% connection

A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the fig…

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Decentering noun · 78% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Decentration noun · 78% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Elemental adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, ele…

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Fabric noun · 78% connection

Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.

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