Humanities

Nature

The system of all phenomena in space and time; the totality of physical reality. It is both a scientific and philosophic concept appearing in all historic eras. (Webster 2d; Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)

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Abstract

The system of all phenomena in space and time; the totality of physical reality. It is both a scientific and philosophic concept appearing in all historic eras. (Webster 2d; Dr. James H. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)

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Indexing Annotation

restrict to Nature as an abstract or philosophical concept, as "von Humboldt's Views of Nature" or "the laws of nature"; not for "the nature of science" or "the nature of psychoanalytic theory"

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  1. K01w.637w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nature. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019368. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019368
  2. Nature. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature
  3. Nature. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7860