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Construct (philosophy)

In philosophy, a construct is an object which is ideal, that is, an object of the mind or of thought, meaning that its existence may be said to depend upon a subject's mind. This contrasts with any possibly mind-independent objects, the existence of which purportedly does not depend on the existence of a conscious observing subject. Thus, the distinction…

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liberty or cold as they are seen as a result of induction or abstraction that can be later applied to observable objects or compared to other constructsinstance ofor words0.80text
the National Institutes of Healthinstance ofU.S. federal agencies0.80text
the National Cancer Institute have created a construct database termed Grid-Enabled Measuresinstance ofU.S. federal agencies0.80text

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