A concept may be abstracted from several perceptions, but that is only its origin. In regard to its meaning or its truth, William James proposed his Pragmatic Rule. This rule states that the meaning of a concept may always be found in some particular difference in the course of human experience which its being true will make (Some Problems of Philosophy, "Percept and Concept -- The Import of Concepts"). In order to understand the meaning of the concept and to discuss its importance, a concept may be tested by asking, "What sensible di ...

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Concepts are extremely useful for the development of science. It would be difficult to imagine science without the concepts like: energy, force, acceleration, time, charge, gravity, field ( The list can be almost endless). Some illustrative examples of concepts in physical science are: absorption, acid, acceleration, activation, activity, adsorption, atmosphere, alkali, amorphous, angular, anisotropy aromatic, atom, azeotrope, ballast, bandwidth, base, baryons, bond, body, capacitance, catalyst, choke, circuit, color, conductor, covalent, cr ...

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A concept is an abstract, universal idea, notion, or entity that serves to designate a category or class of entities, events, or relations. Concepts are abstract in that they omit the differences of the things in their extension, treating them as if they were identical. They are universal in that they apply equally to every thing in their extension. Concepts are also the basic elements of propositions, much the same way a wor ...

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A concept is an abstract, universal idea, notion, or entity that serves to designate a category or class of entities, events, or relations. Concepts are abstract in that they omit the differences of the things in their extension, treating them as if they were identical. They are universal in that they apply equally to every thing in their extension. Concepts are also the basic elements of propositions, much the same way a wor ...

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Locke's main thesis is that the mind of a newborn is a blank slate and that all ideas are developed from experience. Book I of the Essay is devoted to an attack on the doctrine of innate ideas. Locke allowed that some ideas are in the mind from an early age, but argued that such ideas are furnished by the senses starting at birth: for instance, differences between colors or tastes. If we have a universal understanding of a concept like sweetness, it is not because this is an innate idea ...

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Ideas, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Language, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Knowledge, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Reaction response and influence, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - External link

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One might ask, "How is men's desire for liberty to be reconciled with the need for authority?" Its answer by various thinkers provides a fault line for understanding their view on liberty but also a cluster of intersecting concepts such as authority, equality, and justice. Hobbes and Locke give two influential and representative solutions to this question. As a starting point, both agree that a line must be drawn and a space sharply delineated where each individual can act unhindered according to their tastes, desires, and inclination ...

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Negative liberty, Negative liberty - Negative liberty and authority: Hobbes and Locke, Negative liberty - Negative liberty in various thinkers, Negative liberty - Bibliography, Negative liberty - External link

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Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal liberty given to all citizens by law. Civil rights are distinguished from "human rights" or "natural rights"; civil rights are rights that persons do have, while natural or human rights are rights that many scholars think that people should have. For example, the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) argued that the natural rights of life, liberty, and property should be converted into civil rights and protected by the state as an aspect of the social contract. Others have argued that people acquire rights as an inalienable gift from God or ...

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Civil rights - Civil rights movement
Civil rights - Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland Civil rights - Liberal feminism

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The concept of property or ownership has no single or universally accepted definition. Like other foundational concepts which have great weight in public discourse, popular usage varies broadly. Various scholarly communities (e.g., law, economics, anthropology, sociology) may treat the concept more systematically, but their definitions likewise vary within and between fields. In common use, property is simply 'one's own thing' and refers to the relationship between individuals and the objects which they see as being thei ...

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Property ownership right - Thomas Hobbes 1600's Property ownership right - James Harrington 1600's Property ownership right - Robert Filmer 1600's Property ownership right - John Locke 1600's Property ownership right - William Blackstone 1700's Property ownership right - Contemporary
Property ownership right - Types of property Property ownership right - What can be property? Property ownership right - Who can be an owner?

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It is inaccurate to describe Ireland as a neutral state in the same way as Sweden, Switzerland and Japan, it would be more accurate to describe it as a non-aligned state which takes conflict participation on a case by case basis. Neutrality in Ireland is generally taken to mean non-participation in a conflict unless approved by the so called triple-lock (the Government, Dáil Éireann, and the UN Security Council), when Irish leaders say Ireland is a neutral country, it is this triple-lock that they are referring to, the dispute arises in two ways: 1. Some disagree with partici ...

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Irish neutrality, Irish neutrality - Ireland's concept of neutrality, Irish neutrality - History, Irish neutrality - World War II, Irish neutrality - The Cold War, Irish neutrality - Recent Conflicts, Irish neutrality - Current policy

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While the gameplay continues to focus greatly on killing creatures for experience points and loot, there have been several significant changes from the original EverQuest. One of the greatest efforts has gone into developing trade skills into a much more complex and viable character archetype. Many gameplay choices were made in order to stop old, sometimes undesirable, tactics that emerged in EQ. The most bold addition is the concept of "locked encounters". When a player (or group) attacked a creature, the encounter became lock ...

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EverQuest II, EverQuest II - Gameplay, EverQuest II - Setting, EverQuest II - Races and classes, EverQuest II - Kingdom of Sky Update 20, EverQuest II - Voices, EverQuest II - Business, EverQuest II - Expansions and Adventure Packs

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Microprocessor - The first microprocessors. As with many advances in technology, the microprocessor was an idea whose time had come. Three projects arguably delivered a complete microprocessor at about the same time, Intel's 4004, Texas Instruments' TMS 1000, and Garrett AiResearch's Central Air Data Computer. In 1968, Garrett was invited to produce a digital computer to compete with electromechanical systems then under development for the main flight control computer in the US Navy's new F-14 Tomcat fight ...

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In 2003, about $44 billion (USD) worth of microprocessors were manufactured and sold. [1] Although about half of that money was spent on CPUs used in desktop or laptop personal computers, those count for only about 0.2% of all CPUs sold. About 55% of all CPUs sold in the world are 8-bit microcontrollers. Over 2 billion 8-bit microcontrollers were sold in 1997. [2] Less than 10% of all the CPUs sold in the world are 32-bit or more. Of all the 32-bit CPUs sold, about 2% are used in desktop or laptop personal computers, the rest a ...

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George B. Armstrong, manager of the Chicago Post Office, is generally credited with being the founder of the concept of en route mail sorting aboard trains which became the Railway Mail Service. Mail had been carried in locked pouches aboard trains prior to Armstrong's involvement with the system, but there had been no organized system of sorting mail en route, to have mail prepared for delivery when ...

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Railway Mail Service, Railway Mail Service - History, Railway Mail Service - Operating Divisions - 1950

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Christian views on the future order of events diversified after the Protestant reformation. In particular, new emphasis was placed on the passages in the Book of Revelation which seemed to say that Satan would be locked away for 1000 years, but then released on the world in a final battle (Rev. 20:1-6). Previous Catholic and Orthodox theologians had no clear or consensus view on what this actually meant (only the concept of an end of the world coming unexpected, "like a thief in a night", and the concept of "the antichrist" were almost universally held). Millenniali ...

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Millennialism, Millennialism - The early church and premillennialism chiliasm, Millennialism - Christian millennialism following the Reformation, Millennialism - Pre-Christian millennialism, Millennialism - Transition to the Millennium, Millennialism - Millennialism and Utopianism, Millennialism - Millennialism and Nazism, Millennialism - Millennialism and Social Movements

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The AK-47 was not the first assault rifle; it was preceded by earlier Italian, Russian, and German MP 44 assault rifle designs. Mikhail Kalashnikov adamantly denies that it is based on the German model. Although they have different locking mechanisms, the construction technique, layout, and concept are identical. Internally, the AK-47 owes much to the M1 Garand Rifle. The double locking lugs, unlocking raceway, and trigger mechanism are clearly derived from the earlier American design. Where the Kalashnikov rifle differs is in its simplification of those contributing designs and adaptation to mass prod ...

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Short selling - Against the box. One variant of selling short involves a long position. "Selling short against the box" is holding a long position on which one enters a short sell order. The term box alludes to the days when a safe deposit box was used to store (long) shares. The purpose of this technique is to lock in paper profits on the long position without having to sell that position (and possibly incur taxes if said position has appreciated). Whether prices increase or decrease, the short position balances the long position and the profits are locked in (les ...

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The AK-47 was not the first assault rifle; it was preceded by earlier Italian, Russian, and German designs. Mikhail Kalashnikov adamantly denies that it is based on the German MP 44 assault rifle. Although they have different locking mechanisms, the construction technique, layout, and concept are identical. Internally, however, the AK-47 owes much to the M1 Garand Rifle. The double locking lugs, unlocking raceway, and trigger mechanism are clearly derived from the earlier American design. Where the Kalashnikov rifle differs is in its simplification of those contributing designs and adaptation to mass prod ...

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The AK-47 was not the first assault rifle; it was preceded by earlier Italian, Russian, and German MP 44 assault rifle designs. Mikhail Kalashnikov adamantly denies that it is based on the German model. Although they have different locking mechanisms, the construction technique, layout, and concept are identical. Internally, the AK-47 owes much to the M1 Garand Rifle. The double locking lugs, unlocking raceway, and trigger mechanism are clearly derived from the earlier American design. Where the Kalashnikov rifle differs is in its simplification of those contributing designs and adaptation to mass prod ...

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AK-47, AK-47 - Development, AK-47 - Notable features, AK-47 - Ballistics, AK-47 - Operating cycle, AK-47 - Legal status in the USA, AK-47 - Cultural influence, AK-47 - Versions, AK-47 - Other versions, AK-47 - Video links, AK-47 - Manual

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The concept of property or ownership has no single or universally accepted definition. Like other foundational concepts which have great weight in public discourse, popular usage varies broadly. Various scholarly communities (e.g., law, economics, anthropology, sociology) may treat the concept more systematically, but their definitions likewise vary within and between fields. In common use, property is simply 'one's own thing' and refers to the relationship between individuals and the objects which they see as being thei ...

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