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71Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …
72chance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fortuity Nouns 1. chance, accident, lot; fate, kismet, karma (See destiny); Lady Luck, [Dame] Fortune; luck, fortune, hap, hazard; contingency, adventure, fortuity; randomness, indetermination,… …
73conjecture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. supposition, hypothesis, extrapolation, speculation, guess; inference, surmise. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inference, theory, guess; see guess , hypothesis , opinion 1 . See Synonym Study at guess . v.… …
74guess — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. surmise, guesswork, supposition, assumption, conjecture, theory, guesstimate (inf.). v. suppose, divine, predict, surmise, conjecture. See intuition. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. conjecture, surmise,… …
75theorize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. speculate, conjecture, hypothesize; see guess 1 , think 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. hypothesize, speculate, conjecture, suppose, guess, presume, assume, imagine, formulate, posit, think. III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …
76think — 1 Think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize, envisage, envision are comparable when they mean to form an idea or notion of something in the mind. Think, the most general and least explicit word of this group, may imply nothing more than the… …
77Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
78chew over — verb reflect deeply on a subject (Freq. 1) I mulled over the events of the afternoon philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate • Syn: ↑think over,… …
79mull over — verb reflect deeply on a subject I mulled over the events of the afternoon philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate • Syn: ↑chew over, ↑think over,… …
80think over — verb reflect deeply on a subject (Freq. 3) I mulled over the events of the afternoon philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate • Syn: ↑chew over,… …
