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3,633 are the core, quality-scored corpus (34 lettered sections — see How We Work); the remaining 88 are cross-corpus synthesis documents (68 InterDocs, 12 Connections, 8 Theories) also indexed here.
31 results for "local realism" — page 1 of 2
ZA_1_07 — EPR Paradox and Bell Tests: Quantum Nonlocality
The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox, proposed in 1935, challenged quantum mechanics by arguing that entangled particles have definite properties prior to measurement — implying quantum mechanics is incomplete and s
U_2_13 — Surrealism: Dream Art, Automatism, and the Unconscious Mind
Surrealism — the most influential avant-garde art movement of the 20th century — sought to revolutionize human experience by resolving the contradiction between dream and reality into a higher "surreality." Founded by An
L_2_14 — Sex-Biased Admixture: Patrilocal vs. Matrilocal Migration
One of the most powerful revelations from ancient and modern DNA studies is that human migration, conquest, and admixture are almost never sex-neutral — they are systematically biased toward one sex or the other, produci
P_1_12 — Philosophy of Perception: Qualia, Illusion, and Direct Realism
The philosophy of perception investigates the nature, objects, and epistemological status of perceptual experience — asking what we are aware of when we see, hear, touch, taste, or smell the world, and how perceptual exp
P_2_12 — Meta-Ethics: Moral Realism, Emotivism, and Constructivism
Meta-ethics is the branch of moral philosophy that asks foundational questions not about what is right or wrong (that is normative ethics) but about the nature, status, and foundations of moral claims themselves: Do mora
G_3_21 — Critical Realism: Roy Bhaskar and Stratified Ontology
Critical realism is a philosophical movement founded by Roy Bhaskar (1944–2014) that proposes a stratified ontology — reality consists of three nested domains (the Real, the Actual, and the Empirical) — and argues that s
ZE_1_09 — Metaethics and Moral Realism
Metaethics asks not "what should I do?" (normative ethics) but "what is the nature of moral claims themselves?" — investigating whether moral facts exist, what moral language means, how moral knowledge is possible, and t
ZA_1_01 — Quantum Entanglement and Non-Locality Deep Dive
Quantum entanglement — the phenomenon whereby two or more particles become correlated such that the quantum state of each cannot be described independently — is one of the most experimentally confirmed and conceptually d
ZA_1_08 — Quantum Teleportation & Non-Local Transfer
Quantum teleportation — experimentally verified transfer of quantum states without physical traversal — is Tier 1 established physics (Bennett 1993, Bouwmeester 1997, Nobel 2022). Claims that this mechanism explains anci
Q_1_21 — Pilot Wave / Bohmian Mechanics
Pilot wave theory (also called de Broglie–Bohm theory or Bohmian mechanics) is a deterministic, non-local interpretation of quantum mechanics originally proposed by Louis de Broglie at the 1927 Solvay Conference and inde
U_3_14 — Vernacular Architecture: Indigenous, Anti-Colonial, and Resistance Design
Vernacular architecture — buildings designed and constructed by their inhabitants or local builders using traditional techniques, local materials, and accumulated environmental knowledge, without the intervention of prof
U_5_02 — Propaganda Art & Political Visual Culture
Art has served as an instrument of political power throughout history, but the 20th century witnessed the industrialization of propaganda aesthetics on an unprecedented scale.
X_3_09 — Anesthesia and Pain Management
Anesthesia and pain management — the medical control of pain and consciousness — revolutionized surgery and transformed the human experience of medical care. Before anesthesia, surgery was an ordeal of extreme suffering
K_2_07 — Electromagnetic Theories of Consciousness
Electromagnetic (EM) field theories of consciousness propose that conscious experience arises from or is identical to the brain's endogenous electromagnetic field — the complex, time-varying EM field generated by the syn
ZG_4_05 — Translation Theory and the Limits of Meaning
Translation — the rendering of meaning from one language into another — is one of humanity's oldest and most consequential intellectual practices, shaping the flow of knowledge, literature, religion, and ideas across civ
Q_1_04 — Multiverse Theories
The multiverse hypothesis — that our observable universe is one of many — arises independently from at least four domains of physics and mathematics: quantum mechanics (Everett's Many-Worlds, 1957), inflationary cosmolog
Q_4_25 — Time Crystals: Wilczek and Experimental Realization
A time crystal is a phase of matter that spontaneously breaks time-translation symmetry, exhibiting periodic motion in its ground state or steady state without energy input — the temporal analogue of how ordinary crystal
ZC_3_06 — Sociology of Law
Sociology of law examines law not as an autonomous system of rules but as a social institution — shaped by power, culture, and economic relations, and in turn shaping social life. Émile Durkheim (The Division of Labour i
G_3_10 — David Bohm's Implicate Order and Holographic Universe
David Bohm (1917–1992) was one of the most original and philosophically minded physicists of the 20th century, contributing both rigorous quantum mechanics and sweeping metaphysical visions. His pilot wave theory (1952)
L_4_15 — Y-Chromosome and mtDNA Mismatch Patterns in Human Populations
The Y chromosome (paternally inherited, non-recombining) and mitochondrial DNA (maternally inherited) provide independent genealogical records of male and female lineage histories, respectively. When these two markers te
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