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CL 3 Think and Know
Albrecht's Classic Roots 3 "Thinking and Knowing"
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| DOXA(G), DOKEIN (G) | "opinion," "judgment" and: "to appear," "to seem," "to think" |
| dogma | a system of doctrines put forward by an authority to be absolute truth |
| dogmatic | expressed in an authoritative or arrogant manner |
| heterodox | not in agreement with accepted beliefs |
| GIGNOSKEIN (G) | "to know" |
| agnostic | a person who believes nothing can be known about the existence of a god |
| physiognomy | judging human character by facial features |
| prognosis | a prediction of the outcome of a disease |
| KRINEIN (G) | "to separate," "to decide," "to judge" |
| criterion | a standard, rule, or test on which a decision or judgment can be made |
| hypocrisy | pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have |
| MNEMONIKOS (G) | "mindful" |
| amnesty | a general pardon for offenders |
| mnemonic | relating to the memory or a devised used in remembering |
| PHREN, PHRENOS (G) | "heart," "mind," "midriff" |
| frenetic | frantic; frenzied |
| schizophrenia | a severe mental disorder in which a person becomes unable to reason in a rational way or situation of extreme |
| RATIO, REOR (L) | "to calculate," "to think" |
| arraign | to call of court to answer charges; to accuse |
| rationale | the reasons underlying something |
| rationalize | to provide a rational basis for something, often by false or self-serving reasoning |
| to determine by mathematics |