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101Falsifiability — Are all swans white? Falsifiability or refutability of an assertion, hypothesis or theory is the logical possibility that it can be contradicted by an observation or the outcome of a physical experiment. That something is falsifiable does not… …
102Gustav Radbruch — (November 21, 1878 November 23, 1949) was a German law professor and political figure.LifeBorn at Lübeck, Radbruch studied law in Munich, Leipzig and Berlin. He passed his first bar exam ( Staatsexamen ) in Berlin in 1901, and the following year… …
103Thomas Samuel Kuhn — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE name = Thomas Samuel Kuhn birth = July 18 1922 Cincinnati, Ohio death = June 17 1996 (aged 73) school tradition = Analytic main interests = Philosophy… …
104Rudolf Carnap — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Rudolf Carnap name = Rudolf Carnap birth = birth date|1891|5|18 Ronsdorf, Germany death = death date and age|1970|11|14|1891|5|18 Santa… …
105Ethnography — Anthropology Fields Archaeology Biological anthropology Cultural anthropology Linguistic anthropology Social anthropology …
106Charles W. Morris — For other people named Charles Morris, see Charles Morris (disambiguation). Dr. Charles Morris Born May 23, 1901 (1901 05 23) Denver, Colorado N …
107Analytic philosophy — (sometimes, analytical philosophy) is a generic term for a style of philosophy that came to dominate English speaking countries in the 20th century. In the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand the overwhelming… …
108Social fact — In positivist sociology, social facts are the values, cultural norms, and social structures that are external to the individual. French sociologist Émile Durkheim and his close associate Taha Hussein aimed to set sociology on a firm, positivist… …
109Adolphe Quetelet — Infobox Scientist name = Adolphe Quetelet birth date = 22 February 1796 birth place = Ghent death date = 17 February 1874 death place = residence = citizenship = nationality = Belgium ethnicity = field = astronomer mathematician statistician… …
110Postmodernity — (also spelled post modernity or the pejorative postmodern condition) is generally used to describe the economic and/or cultural state or condition of society which is said to exist after modernity. Some schools of thought hold that modernity… …
