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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.

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Philosophy; General philosophy

The intervening space, but technically the term denotes the "world of Ideas" which is considered intermediary between the material or phenomenal world and the world of pure ...

base pair

Philosophy; General philosophy

Two nucleotides (adenosine and thymidine, or guanosine and cytidine) held together by the bonds between individual bases.

Otto Bauer

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1881-1938) Leader of the Austrian Social Democracy after World War I. Major theoretician of Austro-Marxism.

Ernest Bel fort Bax

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1854-1926) English historian. Took part in the foundation of the Social Democratic Federation and collaborated in its organ, Justice, and in the monthly, To- Day, which he first ...

Thomas Bayes

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1702-1761) English clergyman and mathematician. "Bayes theorem," first stated in his Essay towards solving a problem in the doctrine of chances (1764), proposes that evidence ...

Pierre Bayle

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1647-1706) A French writer whose famous Dictionaire Historique et Critique spread over Europe- there is an English translation and contributed powerfully to the progress of ...

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Bazarov

Philosophy; General philosophy

(1874-1939) Born Vladimir Aleksandrovich Rudnev, Russian Marxist economist, philosopher, publicist and political activist. Son of zemstvo doctor, joined revolutionary movement as ...