Crossword clues for phenomena
phenomena
- Wonders
- They're extraordinary
- Cruise company recruits female crew at a number of remarkable events
- Remarkable things of prophetic significance seen by female in Pennsylvania
- Pub bloomer picked up - they can be observed
- Heads of physics turned sea creature into remarkable things
- He turned on blokes breaking dad's spectacles
- Remarkable things
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phenomenon \Phe*nom"e*non\, n.; pl. Phenomena. [L. phaenomenon, Gr. faino`menon, fr. fai`nesqai to appear, fai`nein to show. See Phantom.]
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An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory.
In the phenomena of the material world, and in many of the phenomena of mind.
--Stewart. That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
plural of phenomenon. Sometimes also erroneously used as a singular.
Wiktionary
alt. (en-irregular plural of: phenomenon). n. (en-irregular plural of: phenomenon).
WordNet
n. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
a remarkable development
[also: phenomena (pl)]
See phenomenon
Wikipedia
Phenomena (sing. phenomenon) are observable events, particularly when they are special.
Phenomena or phenomenon may also refer to:
Phenomena is a 1985 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento and starring Jennifer Connelly, Daria Nicolodi, and Donald Pleasence. Its plot focuses on a young girl at a remote Swiss boarding school who discovers she has psychic powers that allow her to communicate with insects, and uses them to pursue a serial killer who is butchering young women at and around the school.
After its release in Italy, Phenomena was purchased for distribution in the United States by New Line Cinema, who cut over twenty minutes from the film and released it under the title Creepers. The film features a score by Goblin, as well as a multitude of heavy metal songs on its soundtrack. The film inspired much of the Japanese horror video game Clock Tower.
Phenomena is a rock concept around a supergroup formed by record producer Tom Galley, Metalhammer magazine founder Wilfried Rimensberger and Tom's brother, Whitesnake guitarist Mel Galley. Contributors were leading rock musicians such as Glenn Hughes, Brian May, Tony Martin and John Wetton amongst others.
"Phenomena" is a song written by Brian Chase, Karen Lee Orzolek, Nick Zinner and recorded by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their Show Your Bones album, released on Interscope/ Polydor in 2006.
Phenomena (PHA) was a Demogroup making Amiga demos that was productive during the formative years of the Amiga Demoscene founded in 1987.
Usage examples of "phenomena".
So I am left with the question: Can science provide an adequate view of the entire natural world that includes only objective phenomena, while excluding the subjective phenomenon of consciousness altogether?
These principles have helped us understand a certain range of objective natural phenomena, particularly those described adequately by classical mechanics, and this has led many scientists to believe they are universally valid.
But they have simultaneously obscured a wide range of subjective phenomena, including consciousness itself, and in this way dogmatic adherence to these assumptions has limited scientific research and impoverished our understanding of nature as a whole.
For Hellenistic thinkers, phenomena were defined as things, events, and processes that can be seen, in contrast to noumena, which were thought to be things as they are in themselves.
According to scientific materialism, however, phenomena have come to be identified as things, events, or processes that occur regularly under definite circumstances.
The metaphysical principles that constitute scientific monism have proven to be enormously valuable guidelines for investigating a wide range of phenomena, specifically those that are physical, quantifiable,, orderly, and repeatable.
Reductionism, like the other tenets of scientific materialism, has guided scientists in shedding light on those types of phenomena that can be best understood by examining their elementary components.
Moreover, when it comes to scientifically inquiring into the nature and origins of consciousness and other mental events, the principle of reductionism may actually obscure the phenomena one is trying to investigate.
Likewise, not only clocks but all physical phenomena that endure in time would be observing the duration of the phenomena with which they come in contact.
Nevertheless, like mana, it is still thought to underlie, empower, and regulate all physical phenomena, and it manifests in physical force.
Yet despite the element of discord within the scientific community, there is widespread unity in the sense that all scientists seek to comprehend phenomena in terms of the objective world.
Advocates of scientism commonly overlook the subjective, human role of choosing which natural phenomena to investigate, the means of investigating them, and the diversity of human interpretations of research data.
Hippocrates, however, did hypothesize that all mental phenomena are located in the brain, long before there was any compelling empirical evidence to support such a theory.
The notion that phenomena themselves and the laws governing them are essentially quantifiable can be traced back in the Christian tradition to the writings of Augustine, who in turn drew on Plato.
Scientific materialism has served admirably as a metaphysical framework for the scientific investigation of external, physical phenomena, but it has proven inadequate as a framework for the scientific investigation of internal, mental phenomena.