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(in structural semantics) a model or narrative schema used to analyze the action that takes place in a story, whether real or fictional; developed in 1966 by semiotician Algirdas Julien Greimas

relating to French philosopher Louis Althusser, known for his work on Marxism and poststructuralism

a contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are in themselves reasonable; a paradox

(adjective) expressing or of the nature of necessary truth or absolute certainty

(noun) an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect / (noun) a logical impasse or contradiction / (noun) a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable

(in philosophy) the study of values and value judgments

(noun) a region uniform in environmental conditions and in its populations of animals and plants for which it is the habitat

(noun) defensive wall

poetic misreading or misprision

means effort, endeavor, impulse, inclination, tendency, undertaking striving; in early philosophies of psychology and metaphysics, is an innate inclination of a thing to continue to exist and enhance itself

Hayek's term for the idea that all institutions in society were or should be "deliberately constructed by somebody"; "constructivists … habitually argue on the assumption of omniscience," rather than acknowledging, as Hayek does, the necessarily limited character of human knowledge in society

(noun) a falling off or away; deterioration / (noun) descent slope

(adjective) of, relating to, or dealing with phenomena (as of language or culture) as they occur or change over a period of time

a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

(verb) build / (verb) establish / (verb) to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift / (verb) enlighten inform

"before the event"; based on forecasts rather than actual results

I think this just means fate. Can also mean: utterance, declaration, proclamation, prediction

the use in manufacturing industry of the methods pioneered by Henry Ford, typified by large-scale mechanized mass production

(adjective) of, relating to, or constituting a grammatical case marking typically a relationship of possessor or source / (adjective) expressing a relationship that in some inflected languages is often marked by a genitive case / (noun) a syntactic construction in English in which possession is marked both by the preposition of and a noun or pronoun in the possessive case (as in “A friend of Bob's is a friend of mine”)

(noun) subjection to something else / (noun) a lack of moral freedom or self-determination

(noun) something that settles at the bottom of a fluid / (noun) the settling of blood in the dependent parts of an organ or body / (noun) person / (noun) the substance or essential nature of an individual / (noun) something that is hypostatized / (noun) failure of a gene to produce its usual effect when coupled with another gene that is epistatic toward it

(noun) fitness; suitableness; adequacy

philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world

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