Vocabulary

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Discursive

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Adj.
1. Covering a wide field of subjects; rambling.
2. Proceeding to a conclusion through reason rather than intuition.
3. Philosophy of or relating to knowledge obtained by reason and argument rather than intuition Compare

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Ontology
Ontological, Ontologically

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Noun
1. a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being
2. a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology

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Immutable

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Adj.
1. not capable of or susceptible to change

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Also a term specific to computer programming

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Epistemology
Epistemological

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Noun
1. The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology

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Reify
Reified, Reification

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Verb
1. to regard (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reification

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reification_(fallacy)

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Mimetic
Mimetically

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Adj.
1. Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting mimicry.
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a. Of or relating to an imitation; imitative.
b. Using imitative means of representation: a mimetic dance

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Mimesis -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimesis

Greek philosophic term referencing art and criteria for evaluation.

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Atavism
Atavistic, Atavistically

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1. a : recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
b : recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity: architectural atavism
2. One that manifests atavism

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavism#Culture

French atavisme, from Latin atavus ancestor, from at- (probably akin to atta daddy) + avus grandfather — more at uncle

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Semiotic
Semiotical, Semiotically

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Noun
1. a general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics

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Simulacrum

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Noun
1. image, representation <a reasonable simulacrum of reality — Martin Mayer>
2. an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace
3. An unreal or vague semblance.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacrum

Simulacrum (plural: simulacra), from Latin: simulacrum which means "likeness, similarity",[1] was first recorded in the English language in the late 16th century, used to describe a representation, such as a statue or a painting, especially of a god. By the late 19th century, it had gathered a secondary association of inferiority: an image without the substance or qualities of the original.[2] Philosopher Fredric Jameson offers photorealism as an example of artistic simulacrum, where a painting is sometimes created by copying a photograph that is itself a copy of the real.[3] Other art forms that play with simulacra include Trompe l'oeil,[4] Pop Art, Italian neorealism and the French New Wave.[3]

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Isomorphism
Isomorphic

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Noun
1. the quality or state of being isomorphic: as
a : similarity in organisms of different ancestry resulting from convergence
b : similarity of crystalline form between chemical compounds
2. a one-to-one correspondence between two mathematical sets; especially : a homomorphism that is one-to-one — compare endomorphism

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Noumenon
Noumenal

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1. In the philosophy of Kant, an object as it is in itself independent of the mind, as opposed to a phenomenon. Also called thing-in-itself.
2. The noumenon is a posited object or event that is known (if at all) without the use of the senses.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noumenon

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Raison d'être

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1. reason or justification for existence

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Eschatology

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Noun
1. a branch of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or of humankind
2. a belief concerning death, the end of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humankind; specifically : any of various Christian doctrines concerning the Second Coming, the resurrection of the dead, or the Last Judgment

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Solipsism
Solipsistic

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Noun
1. a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; ALSO: extreme egocentrism

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism

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Accoutrement(s)

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Noun
1. Additional items of dress or equipment, carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity.
2. A soldier's outfit other than weapons and garments.

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Laconic

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Adj.
1. using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
Synonyms
terse - concise - brief - succinct - short - curt

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Chrestomathy
Chrestomathies

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Noun
1. a selection of passages used to help learn a language
2. a volume of selected passages or stories of an author

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Paradigmatic

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Adj.
1. Of or relating to a paradigm.
2. Constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated <a paradigmatic essay in which the writer presents his point of view clearly and engagingly>

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Paradigm

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Noun
1. A philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated; broadly : a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind
2. Example, pattern; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype

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Concomitant

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Noun or Adj.

1. accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
2. A phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.

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Facture

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Noun
1. the manner in which something (as a painting) is made
2. the quality of the execution of a painting; an artist’s characteristic handling of the paint:

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Syntagmatic

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1. of or denoting the relationship between two or more linguistic units used sequentially to make well-formed structures. Contrasted with paradigmatic.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntagmatic_analysis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigmatic_analysis

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Congruence

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Noun
1. is the state achieved by coming together, the state of agreement.

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Signify
Signifying

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Verb
1. [with object] be an indication of: this decision signified a fundamental change in their priorities
> be a symbol of; have as meaning: the church used this image to signify the Holy Trinity
> (of a person) indicate or declare (a feeling or intention): signify your agreement by signing the letter below
> [no object] [with negative] be of importance: the locked door doesn’t necessarily signify

2 [no object] US informal (among black Americans) exchange boasts or insults as a game or ritual:
I wasn’t signifying at her

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Indexical
indexicality

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Adj.
1. another term for deictic.

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It is also a word of 1000 meanings...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indexicality

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Diectic (DAY-tick)

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Adj.
1. relating to or denoting a word or expression whose meaning is dependent on the context in which it is used (such as here, you, me, that one there, or next Tuesday). Also called indexical.
In these ‘referential’ uses, it is replaceable by the deictic pronouns this and that (This is red, That is possible).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deixis

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Semiotics
Semiotic, Semiotically, Semiotician

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Plural Noun [treated as singular]

1.the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.

"I have always been concerned with semiotics - the study of signs and symbols as communication - and how so many persons fail to see how misleading certain subtle methods can be in deceiving them."

semiotically
adverb
Clothing has always been politically significant, creating a visual representation of a person's relationship to the state, and Fashion has always semiotically challenged, reinforced, and/or reconfigured meanings of citizenship.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotically

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Positivism,
Positivist, Positivistically

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Noun, Adj.

1. a philosophical system recognizing only that which can be scientifically verified or which is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and therefore rejecting metaphysics and theism.
[from French positivisme, coined by the French philosopher Auguste Comte]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

positivist
noun & adjective
In particular, his ‘mentalism’, that beliefs about one's own current mental state are epistemologically basic, went essentially unchallenged by the empiricists and positivists, until this century.

positivistic
Pronunciation:/-ˈvɪstɪk/
adjective
Some philosophers and philosophically-minded physicists may have been misled on this score by their allegiance to an excessively positivistic epistemology of science.