theory
Explore the world of vocabulary through images
catastrophes/kəˈtæstrəfiz/
A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states
reifying/riːˈɪf.aɪ.ɪŋ/ /riˈɪf.aɪ.ɪŋ/
To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing
gnosis/ˈnəʊ.sɪs/
Act or process of knowing
transcendentalise/ˌtrænsɛnˈdɛntəˌlaɪz/
To make transcendental.
darwinism/ˈdɑːrwɪnɪzəm/ /ˈdɑːrwɪnɪzəm/
Various concepts of development or evolution popularised by Charles Darwin's publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859.
phase space/ˈfeɪz speɪs/
The topological space in which each point represents a possible state of a system.
butterfly effect/ˈbʌtərflaɪ ɪˈfɛkt/
The technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory.
intellectualize/ɪntəˈlektʃuəlaɪz/ /ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəlaɪz/
To find a seemingly rational explanation for something.
lie behind/laɪ bɪˈhaɪnd/
To be the ultimate cause of.
prescientific/ˌpriːsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/ /ˌpriːʃiənˈtɪfɪk/
Exhibiting or relating to prescience; prescient.