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  • 61Functionalism (psychology) — Functionalism is a memory of a philosophical basis for much empirical research in psychology and cognitive science, which says that “mental states are constituted by their causal relations to one another and to sensory inputs and behavioral… …

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  • 62impute — im·pute /im pyüt/ vt im·put·ed, im·put·ing 1: to consider or calculate as a value or cost (as for taxation); broadly: to reckon as an actual thing impute a benefit from the use of the car 2 in the civil law of Louisiana: to direct (payment) to… …

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  • 63Hume on human understanding — David Hume on human understanding Anne Jaap Jacobson David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature1 was published before he was 30 years old. It is often said to be the greatest philosophical work written in English. Bold and ambitious, it is designed… …

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  • 64accredit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. authorize, license, certify; believe; attribute. See belief, commission, attribution. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To authorize] Syn. authorize, give credentials to, certify, sanction; see approve 1 ,… …

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  • 65credit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. faith, belief; credibility, trust; credit, borrowing power. v. t. believe, trust; credit. See accounting. II Borrowing power Nouns 1. credit, trust, score, tally, account, tab; loan (see debt);… …

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  • 66refer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. submit, commit, send, direct, assign, ascribe, attribute. See evidence. v. i. allude, advert, apply, concern, appeal. See relation, attribution. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To concern] Syn. regard,… …

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  • 67attribute — at•trib•ute v. [[t]əˈtrɪb yut[/t]] n. [[t]ˈæ trəˌbyut[/t]] v. ut•ed, ut•ing, n. 1) to regard as resulting from a specified cause: She attributes his bad temper to ill health[/ex] 2) to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing …

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  • 68attribute — [ə trib′yo͞ot; ] for n. [ a′trə byo͞ot΄] vt. attributed, attributing [< L attributus, pp. of attribuere, to assign < ad , to + tribuere, to assign < tribus: see TRIBE] 1. to set down or think of as belonging to, produced by, resulting… …

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  • 69impute — [im pyo͞ot′] vt. imputed, imputing [ME imputen < OFr imputer < L imputare < in , in, to + putare, to estimate, think, orig., to prune, cleanse: see PURE] 1. to attribute (esp. a fault or misconduct) to another; charge with; ascribe 2.… …

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  • 70at|trib´u|tor — at|trib|ute «verb. uh TRIHB yoot; noun. AT ruh byoot», verb, ut|ed, ut|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to think of as caused by; regard as an effect or product of: »We attribute Edison s success to intelligence and hard work. She attributes her great age to… …

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