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The Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., the inspiration for the -gate suffix following the Watergate scandal.. This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names include a -gate suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal, as well as other incidents to which the suffix has (often facetiously) been applied. [1]
A writ issue by a higher court to a lower one, ordering that court or related officials to perform some administrative duty. Often used in the context of legal oversight of government agencies. / m æ n ˈ d eɪ m ə s / mare clausum: closed sea A body of water under the jurisdiction of a state or nation, to which access is not permitted, or is ...
Chronological snobbery – a thesis is deemed incorrect because it was commonly held when something else, known to be false, was also commonly held. [100] [101] Fallacy of relative privation (also known as "appeal to worse problems" or "not as bad as") – dismissing an argument or complaint due to what are perceived to be more important problems.
The ordeal of cold water has a precedent in the 13th law of the Code of Ur-Nammu [17] (the oldest known surviving code of laws) and the second law of the Code of Hammurabi. [18] Under the Code of Ur-Nammu, a man who was accused of what some scholars have translated as "sorcery" was to undergo ordeal by water.
The preliminary step in the philosophical movement of phenomenology is to suspend judgment [2] (i.e., epoché) about the natural world and instead, to focus on analysis of experience. Suspending judgement involves stripping away every connotation and assumption made about an object.
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A concept about creation, often used in a theological or philosophical context. Also known as the 'First Cause' argument in philosophy of religion. Contrasted with creatio ex materia. Credo in Unum Deum: I Believe in One God: The first words of the Nicene Creed and the Apostles' Creed. credo quia absurdum est: I believe it because it is absurd
AA’s meetings, with their folding chairs and donated coffee, were intended as a judgment-free space for addicts to talk about their problems. Treatment facilities were designed for discipline. Something else has been lost with the institutionalization of the 12 steps over the years: Bill Wilson’s openness to medical intervention.