GLOSSARY of words and terms used on this web site.
XESTENTIAL-"is a concept that posits everything that exist in the known human condition is an anomaly of the space-time continuum".
PERCEPTION•1 the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. 2 the process of perceiving. 3 a way of understanding or interpreting something. 4 intuitive understanding and insight.
REALITY•1 the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. 2 a thing that is actually experienced or seen. 3 the quality of being lifelike. 4 the state or quality of having existence or substance.
REASON•1 a cause, explanation, or justification. 2 good or obvious cause to do something: we have reason to celebrate.3 the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments logically. 4 (one’s reason) one’s sanity. 5 what is right, practical, or possible.
LOGIC•1 reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity. 2 the ability to reason correctly. 3 (the logic of) the course of action following as a necessary consequence of. 4 a system or set of principles underlying the arrangements of elements in a computer or electronic device so as to perform a specified task.
PHILOSOPHY-"is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, justice, beauty, validity, mind, and language".
INTELLIGENCE•1 the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. 2 a person with this ability. 3 the gathering of information of military or political value. 4 information gathered in this way.
SCIENCE-"is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding of how the physical world works. Through controlled methods, scientists use observable physical evidence of natural phenomena to collect data, and analyze this information to explain what and how things work. Such methods include experimentation that tries to simulate natural phenomena under controlled conditions and thought experiments. Knowledge in science is gained through research".
KNOWLEDGE•1 information and skills acquired through experience or education. 2 the sum of what is known. 3 awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation: he denied all knowledge of the incident.
HUMANITY•1 humankind. 2 the condition of being human. 3 compassion or benevolence. 4 (humanities) learning or literature concerned with human culture.
RELIGION-is a set of tenets and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual, or religious law.
SPACE-is the boundless extent within which matter is physically extended and objects and events have positions relative to one another. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of the boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. In mathematics spaces with different numbers of dimensions and with different underlying structures can be examined. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the universe although disagreement continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity, a relationship between entities, or part of a conceptual framework.
TIME-The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future, regarded as a whole. Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects.
EXISTENTIALISM-is a philosophical movement which posits that individuals create the meaning and essence of their lives, as opposed to it being created for them by deities or authorities or defined for them by philosophical or theological doctrines.
