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To Newtonians, each question had its singular answer, one that would remain the same no matter who asked it, or why. But now, the uncertainty that undercuts every measurement of some fact in the real world compels the observer to choose which question to ask, which aspect of a phenomenon to study.The necessity of choice became overwhelmingly apparent when Heisenberg elevated uncertainty to a principle in quantum mechanics in 1927, having recognized that on the subatomic level the observer had to emphasize only one of a pair of properties to study at any one time. In one of the prominent interpretations of quantum mechanics, the idea took on a larger meaning: that in choosing what to study, the scientist in effect creates the object of his inquiry.... The impossibility of constructing a complete, accurate quantitative description of a complex system forces observers to pick which aspects of the system they most wish to understand....What one studies from among this wealth of choice depends on what one wants to know; the questions create-or at least determine-the range of possible answers. No such answer can be completely "true": instead of saying "This is what nature is like," they can claim only, "This is what nature seems like from here"-a vastly diminished claim from that of Newton. The critical issue raised by such subjectivity is how to decide what value each partial answer has, what connection it actually makes between the real world and our understanding of it. The object of study, the focus of much of modern science, has therefore shifted inward, to examine not nature itself but rather to study the abstract representations of nature, the choices made of what to leave in and what to drop out of any given study. (Levenson, 1995, pp. 228-229)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Nature
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['neɪʧə]n1) приро́да2) хара́ктер, вда́ча, нату́ра3) рід, сорт; клас; типthings of this nature — предме́ти цього́ ро́ду
••against nature — неприро́дний
by nature — від приро́ди, вда́чею, від наро́дження
in the course of nature — з ро́звитком поді́й
in the nature of things — немину́че
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subs.P. and V. φύσις, ἡ.Created things: P. γένεσις, ἡ (Plat.).The world: P. κόσμος, ὁ.Disposition: P. and V. τρόπος, ὁ, ἦθος, τό, φύσις, ἡ.Kind, class: P. and V. γένος, ὁ.Of such a nature, adj.: P. and V. τοιοῦτος, τοιόσδε.By nature: P. and V. φύσει.Being ill-starred by nature: V. συγγενῶς δύστηνος ὤν (Eur., H.F. 1293).It isn't human nature that I should have neglected all my own affairs: P. οὐ γὰρ ἀνθρωπίνῳ ἔοικε τὸ ἐμὲ τῶν μὲν ἐμαυτοῦ ἁπάντων ἡμεληκέναι (Plat., Ap. 31B).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Nature
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n.1) табиғат, жаратылысto pay the debt to nature — өлу, қайтыс болу
in the course of nature — табиғи заңы бойынша, істің барысымен
2) жаратылыс туа біткен қасиет, құлық3) мінез, күлықgood nature — ақкөңілділік, көңілшектік
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природа; свойства; природное состояние; характеристики; характерa return to nature — возвращение в первобытное состояние;
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сущ.1) общ. природа, окружающая средаSee:2) общ. сущность, характер; натура ( о человеке)3) общ. природа, род, сорт, класс; тип4) иссл. опер., т. игр природа (некая незаинтересованная сторона, поведение которой неизвестно принимающему решение, но которое не обязательно содержит элемент противодействия его намерениям)See: -
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характер; особенность; свойство; сущность- nature and spirit of an invention
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[N]NATURA (-AE) (F)INGENIUM (-I) (N)VIS (VIM) (F)HABITUS (-US) (M)FACIES (-EI) (F)QUALITAS (-ATIS) (F)FIGURA (-AE) (F)PROPRIETAS (-ATIS) (F)MUNDUS (-I) (M)ALITURA (-AE) (F)- BY NATURE- OF WHATEVER NATURE- OF WHAT NATURE -
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N1. प्रकृतिThis is one of the calamities caused by nature.2. स्वभावIt is in his nature to forgive. -
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n. 1. байгаль. 2. мөн чанар, шинж чанар. 3. зан ааш, төрөлхийн чанар. ill nature муухай ааш. 4. төрөл, анги, зүйл. nature study n. байгалийн судлал. -natured (тэмдэг нэр үүсгэдэг)... зантай,... ааштай: good-natured сайхан зантай. -
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1) природа2) Вселенная3) сущность; существо; суть4) характер; род; тип; сорт•- inanimate natureThe New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > nature
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Nature — • Has reference to the production of things, and hence generally includes in its connotation the ideas of energy and activity. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nature Nature … Catholic encyclopedia
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