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  1. Conceptual Mapping

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    Conceptual Mapping (CM) is a meta-cognitive framework describing the topological relationships between disparate semantic domains, often employed in complex problem-solving (complex), knowledge representation (knowledge representation), and the stabilization of nascent theoretical paradigms (theoretical paradigms). At its core, CM posits that understanding (understanding) is achieved not through direct apprehension of phenomena (phenomena), bu…

  2. Empirical Validation

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    Observational Validation and Chronal Drift
    For phenomena that cannot be ethically or practically manipulated (e.g., geological processes, historical trends), validation relies on systematic observation. This introduces the challenge of Chronal Drift, the hypothesis that observational data gathered sequentially loses [epistemic value](/ent…

  3. Immanuel Kant

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    Transcendental Idealism and Epistemology
    Kant's major epistemological contribution is found in the Critique of Pure Reason (1781). He introduced Transcendental Idealism, arguing that while all knowledge begins with experience (thus satisfying empiricists like David Hume), it does not necessarily arise from experience. Instead, the mind is equipped with innate, a priori structures—the **[Forms of Intuition](/entries/fo…

  4. Metaphysics

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    The concept of substance refers to that which underlies qualities and accidents—that which exists independently. Aristotelian metaphysics posited that substance is the primary category of being. Later philosophers debated whether substance is material (like Democritus's atoms) or [immaterial](/entries/immaterial/…

  5. Principal

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    In philosophical contexts, particularly those dealing with causality and categorization, the principal is the primary, originating element from which derivatives or secondary concepts flow. For instance, in certain schools of Neoplatonism, the One (The Principal) is the ultimate, ineffable source of all being, from which emanations cascade in descending order of reality. Any [entity](/entries/e…