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Parkinson’s Disease
Phenotype
Philosophy
Physiology
Pluripotency
Polymerase chain reaction
Precautionary Principle
 		  
Philosophy
Philosophy is the the study of ideas, particularly those that involve :
• questions of how one should live (ethics)
• what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics)
• what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology)
• what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic)
 
 

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