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  2. Phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    A phenomenon (pl.: phenomena), sometimes spelled phaenomenon, is an observable event. [1] The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant , who contrasted it with the noumenon , which cannot be directly observed.

  3. List of natural phenomena - Wikipedia

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    An aurora is a natural phenomenon. A natural phenomenon is an observable event which is not man-made. Examples include: sunrise , weather , fog , thunder , tornadoes ; biological processes , decomposition , germination ; physical processes , wave propagation , erosion ; tidal flow , and natural disasters such as electromagnetic pulses ...

  4. Glossary of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of astronomy is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to astronomy and cosmology, their sub-disciplines, and related fields. Astronomy is concerned with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth. The field of astronomy features an extensive vocabulary and a ...

  5. Epiphenomenon - Wikipedia

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    Secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside or in parallel to a primary phenomenon An epiphenomenon (plural: epiphenomena) is a secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside or in parallel to a primary phenomenon. The word has two senses: one that connotes known causation and one that connotes absence of causation or reservation of judgment about it. Examples Metaphysics In the philosophy of ...

  6. Phenomena (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Phenomena (sing. phenomenon) are observable events. Phenomena or phenomenon may also refer to: Science. Electrical phenomena; List of geological phenomena;

  7. Noumenon - Wikipedia

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    The term noumenon is generally used in contrast with, or in relation to, the term phenomenon, which refers to any object of the senses. Immanuel Kant first developed the notion of the noumenon as part of his transcendental idealism , suggesting that while we know the noumenal world to exist because human sensibility is merely receptive, it is ...

  8. Astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Relevant phenomena include supernova explosions, gamma ray bursts, quasars, blazars, pulsars, and cosmic microwave background radiation. More generally, astronomy studies everything that originates beyond Earth's atmosphere. Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that studies the universe as a whole. Astronomy is one of the oldest natural sciences.

  9. Emergence - Wikipedia

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    Chaotic, unpredictable behaviour can be seen as an emergent phenomenon, while at a microscopic scale the behaviour of the constituent parts can be fully deterministic. [ citation needed ] Bedau notes that weak emergence is not a universal metaphysical solvent, as the hypothesis that consciousness is weakly emergent would not resolve the ...