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SOCIAL TERM: Ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα / Ηuman rights
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
SOCIAL TERM: Ιδεαλισμός / Idealism
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
DEFINITION (1): «A view of the world that sees reality as ultimately composed of ideas rather than as a realm existing outside of consciousness. Idealism argues that because human activity is conscious activity, the real world itself can never be more than a world of ideas. All religious attitudes, conventionally understood, are idealist in character, but they can be described as forms of objective idealism. Objective idealism does not doubt the existence of a reality outside of the individual mind, but sees the real world as the creation of gods or God, so that worshipping God or appeasing the gods is essential for the human control over nature. In its ‘deist’ form, objective idealism argues that while the world is ultimately created by God, science studies its regularities and character without assuming any further divine intervention. Objective idealism needs to be distinguished from subjective idealism. Subjective idealists argue that the real world is created by individual ideas. Since all data must be processed by the human mind, it is impossible to prove that there is a world beyond these data. It could be argued that idealism in general is unable to provide an analysis as to how consciousness itself is a product of history» (Hoffman, 2007,p.80).
DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal
DEFINITION WRITER: Markantonatou Maria
REFERENCE: Hoffman, J. (2007).A Glossary of Political Theory.Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
p.80
SOCIAL TERM: Ιμπεριαλισμός / Imperialism
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
SOCIAL TERM: Ανεξάρτητη μεταβλητή / Independent variable
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2
TERM TYPE: Methodological
DEFINITION (1): «An independent variable causes or changes another variable» (Tischler, 2014,p.44 )
DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal
DEFINITION WRITER: Markantonatou Maria
REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.
p.44
SOCIAL TERM: Εξαρτημένη μεταβλητή / Dependent variable
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
RELATED TERMS: Ανεξάρτητη μεταβλητή/Independent variable
TERM TYPE: Methodological
DEFINITION (1): «A dependent variable is influenced by the independent variable» (Tischler, 2014,p.44).
DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal
DEFINITION WRITER: Markantonatou Maria
REFERENCE: Tischler, H.L. (2014).Introduction to Sociology.Belmont: Wadsworth Cangage Learning.
p.44

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