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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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blanquists
Philosophy; General philosophy
The Blannquists were adherents of the trend in the socialist movement of France headed by Louis Auguste Blanqui. The Blanquists believed that small revolutionary groups could ...
Brand Blanshard
Philosophy; General philosophy
(1892-1987) American philosopher and long- time professor at Yale University. In The Nature of Thought (1939), Blanshard defended absolute idealism and argued that causal ...
Ivan Bloch
Philosophy; General philosophy
(1872-1912) German sexologist and social reformer. In a symposium in honor of Haeckel's 80th birthday he describes Haeckel as "the St. George who has slain the dragon of the ills ...
bloody Sunday
Philosophy; General philosophy
On the ninth of January, 1905, by order of the tsar, a peaceful demonstration of St. Petersburg workers were brutally shot down. The workers had been lead by the priest Gapon, and ...
bocardo
Philosophy; General philosophy
Name given by medieval logicians to a categorical syllogism whose standard form has the mood and figure designated as OAO-3. Example: Some local jails are not maximum-security ...
Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk
Philosophy; General philosophy
(1851-1914) Austrian Minister of Finance, 1889-1904, professor and leader, along with Carl Menger and Friedrich von Weiser, of the Austrian school of economists. Bohm-Bawerk, had ...
Niels Bohr
Philosophy; General philosophy
(1885 - 1962) One of the foremost scientists of the 20th century, Bohr was the first to apply the quantum theory to the problem of atomic and molecular structure. He was a guiding ...
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