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Concept
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Here Answers.com broadens
our understanding of the word concept through dictionary and
encyclopedia definitions as applied to philosophy and the sciences.
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Etymology
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This site offers an
etymologic quiz for guessing the origins of words. Can you get the right
answers on the basis of logical reasoning?
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From Senses to Words
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Study the way Diane
Ackerman uses language to explore “the mute sense” of smell in this excerpt
taken from her book A Natural History of the Senses. Click on
“Search inside this book” to read the first pages of this excerpt.
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Malcolm X
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Learn more about this
charismatic figure, his life and career.
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Theories about Truth
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Compare your findings
about definitions to this Wikipedia discussion that includes
philosophical theories about the nature of truth.
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Truth
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At Humanityquest.com compare
the definitions of truth given in a long list of
dictionaries. You might also try the same for the word reality.
You can also do a Google search on the wordtruth that will bring
up a list of definitions across the web.
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Word Connotation
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At this site note how
the word connotation is given numerous definitions. Studying
and comparing each one can help us expand our understanding of the meaning of
the term.
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