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Constant conjunction — is a phrase used in philosophy as a variant or near synonym for causality and induction. It can be construed to contradict a more common phrase: Correlation is not causation. It is often associated with or in constant concomitance with the… … Wikipedia
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Constant Nieuwenhuys — Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys (21 July 1920 – 1 August 2005) was a Dutch painter, and one of the foremost innovators of Unitary Urbanism. In 1941, he became deeply interested in the work of Paul Cézanne, Cubism and German Expressionism. He was born… … Wikipedia
Constant Q transform — In mathematics and signal processing, the Constant Q Transform transforms a data series to the frequency domain, and is related to the Fourier Transform [1]. The transform can be thought of as a series of logarithmically spaced filters, with the… … Wikipedia
Khinchin's constant — In number theory, Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin proved that for almost all real numbers x , the infinitely many denominators a i of the continued fraction expansion of x have an astonishing property: their geometric mean is a constant, known as… … Wikipedia
Apéry's constant — In mathematics, Apéry s constant is a curious number that occurs in a variety of situations. It rises naturally in a number of physical problems, including in the second and third order terms of the electron s gyromagnetic ratio using quantum… … Wikipedia
Mortgage constant — Mortgage constant, also called mortgage capitalization rate is the capitalization rate for debt. It is usually computed monthly by dividing the monthly payment by the mortgage principal. An annualized mortgage constant can be found by multiplying … Wikipedia
Hume on human understanding — David Hume on human understanding Anne Jaap Jacobson David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature1 was published before he was 30 years old. It is often said to be the greatest philosophical work written in English. Bold and ambitious, it is designed… … History of philosophy
List of philosophy topics (A-C) — 110th century philosophy 11th century philosophy 12th century philosophy 13th century philosophy 14th century philosophy 15th century philosophy 16th century philosophy 17th century philosophy 18th century philosophy 19th century philosophy220th… … Wikipedia
Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… … History of philosophy
