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Either/Or (Danish: Enten – Eller) is the first published work of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. It appeared in two volumes in 1843 under the pseudonymous editorship of Victor Eremita ( Latin for "victorious hermit").
Contingency is one of three basic modes alongside necessity and possibility. In modal logic, a contingent statement stands in the modal realm between what is necessary and what is impossible, never crossing into the territory of either status. Contingent and necessary statements form the complete set of possible statements.
Buddha depicted in dhyāna, Amaravati, India. In the oldest texts of Buddhism, dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) or jhāna (Pali: 𑀛𑀸𑀦) is a component of the training of the mind (), commonly translated as meditation, to withdraw the mind from the automatic responses to sense-impressions and "burn up" the defilements, leading to a "state of perfect equanimity and awareness (upekkhā ...
Either/or and related terms may refer to: Either/Or (Kierkegaard book), an influential book by philosopher Søren Kierkegaard; Either/Or (Batuman novel), a novel by Elif Batuman; Either/Or, music by Elliott Smith; Either/Or, a comedy game show; either...or and neither...nor, examples of correlative conjunctions in English
Either/Or is an influential book by philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. Either/Or and related terms may also refer to: Either/Or, a novel by Elif Batuman; Either/Or, music by Elliott Smith; Either/Or, a comedy game show; either...or and neither...nor, examples of correlative conjunctions in English
A new study suggests that both step counts and minutes can be useful ways to track certain types of physical activity, such as walking, hiking and running.
5.47321 "Occam's Razor is, of course, not an arbitrary rule nor one justified by its practical success. It simply says that unnecessary elements in a symbolism mean nothing. Signs which serve one purpose are logically equivalent; signs which serve no purpose are logically meaningless."
When acts are considered in general, with respect only to their object, there are acts that can be said to be neither good nor bad, but indifferent. It is a topic of much dispute whether a specific act, performed by a specific person in particular circumstances, and for a certain end, can be indifferent, provided that it is not something done ...