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101defense economics — Field of national economic management concerned with peacetime and wartime military expenditures. It arose in response to the greater scale and sophistication of warfare in the 20th century. Most nations seek to avoid the vast financial and human …
102history, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy concerned with questions about the meaningfulness of history and the nature of historical explanation. Philosophy of history in the traditional sense is conceived to be a first order inquiry, its subject matter being the… …
103science, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy that attempts to elucidate the nature of scientific inquiry observational procedures, patterns of argument, methods of representation and calculation, metaphysical presuppositions and evaluate the grounds of their validity… …
104nature, philosophy of — Introduction the discipline that investigates substantive issues regarding the actual features of nature as a reality. The discussion here is divided into two parts: the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of biology. In this… …
105Rationalism — • Term used in an exact sense, to designate a particular moment in the development of Protestant thought in Germany, or in a broader, and more usual, sense to cover the view that the human reason, or understanding, is the sole source and final… …
106Magic — The Renaissance was the golden age of belief in magic, defined as an organized science focused on the understanding and practical application of observed phenomena that cannot be explained by conventional, rationalistic philosophy and science… …
107Is–ought problem — David Hume raised the is ought problem in his Treatise of Human Nature The is–ought problem in meta ethics as articulated by Scottish philosopher and historian, David Hume (1711–1776), is that many writers make claims about what ought to be on… …
108Commodification of water — The Commodification of water refers to the process of transforming water from a public good into a tradable commodity also known as an economic good. This transformation introduces water to previously unencumbered market forces in the hope of… …
109Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks — Delaware Tribal Business Committee v. Weeks, 430 U.S. 73 (1977) was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court argued on November 10, 1976 and decided February 23, 1977. Contents 1 Court Membership 2 Prior History Procedural Posture 3… …
110Drift and Mastery — Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest   Author(s) Walter Lippmann …
