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  2. Determinism - Wikipedia

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    This debate is relevant because there are possibly specific situations in which the arrival of an electron at a screen at a certain point and time would trigger one event, whereas its arrival at another point would trigger an entirely different event (e.g. see Schrödinger's cat—a thought experiment used as part of a deeper debate).

  3. Language and thought - Wikipedia

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    The idea that relationship between thought and speech is ever-changing, supports Vygotsky's claims. Vygotsky's theory claims that thought and speech have different roots. And at the age of two, a child's thought and speech collide, and the relationship between thought and speech shifts. Thought then becomes verbal and speech then becomes ...

  4. Event (relativity) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a glass breaking on the floor is an event; it occurs at a unique place and a unique time. [1] Strictly speaking, the notion of an event is an idealization , in the sense that it specifies a definite time and place, whereas any actual event is bound to have a finite extent, both in time and in space.

  5. Linguistic relativity - Wikipedia

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    Another is essentialist, which holds that essential differences [clarification needed] may influence the ways individuals or groups experience and conceptualize the world. Yet another is relativist ( cultural relativism ), which sees different cultural groups as employing different conceptual schemes that are not necessarily compatible or ...

  6. Linguistic determinism - Wikipedia

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    The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis branches out into two theories: linguistic determinism and linguistic relativity. Linguistic determinism is viewed as the stronger form – because language is viewed as a complete barrier, a person is stuck with the perspective that the language enforces – while linguistic relativity is perceived as a weaker form of the theory because language is discussed as a ...

  7. Time May Actually Be One Big Illusion, Says a New Study - AOL

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    After all, everything in a particular time, defined in some objective way, is knitted together through quantum interactions until it forms a capture of the entire universe (if you zoom out enough).

  8. Time - Wikipedia

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    Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. [1] [2] [3] It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events (or the intervals between them), and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the ...

  9. Dollar vs. Time Weighted Investments: Is One Better Than The ...

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    Of the many ways to measure an investment, time- and dollar-weighting are two of the most common. ... say that a stock traded for $10 per share on Jan. 1 and by December 31 it traded for $11 per ...