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reifying — rɪËɪfaɪ v. demonstrate, make something simple and concrete … English contemporary dictionary
Normalisation by evaluation — In programming language semantics, normalisation by evaluation (NBE) is a style of obtaining the normal form of terms in the λ calculus by appealing to their denotational semantics. A term is first interpreted into a denotational model of the λ… … Wikipedia
reification — To reify is to treat as a thing. To describe philosophers as reifying is usually to charge that they are misled by verbal form into thinking simply because some noun has a use, there must be something to which it refers. Thus Platonists are… … Philosophy dictionary
Psychology (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… … History of philosophy
reification — noun Date: 1846 the process or result of reifying … New Collegiate Dictionary
reify — transitive verb (reified; reifying) Etymology: Latin res thing more at real Date: 1854 to regard (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing … New Collegiate Dictionary
Empty set — ∅ redirects here. For similar looking symbols, see Ø (disambiguation). The empty set is the set containing no elements. In mathematics, and more specifically set theory, the empty set is the unique set having no elements; its size or cardinality… … Wikipedia
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Situationist International — The Situationist International (SI) was a small group of international political and artistic agitators with roots in Marxism, Lettrism and the early 20th century European artistic and political avant gardes. Formed in 1957, the SI was active in… … Wikipedia
Sea shanty — For the song Sea Shanty by Quasi, see Featuring Birds For the album Sea Shanties by English band High Tide, see High Tide (band). Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor A shanty (also spelled chantey , chanty ) is a type of work… … Wikipedia
