DEFINING THE IDEA OF KNOWLEDGE
WANT THE ANSWER? ASK THE QUESTION!
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
Knowledge ~ Wisdom ~ Philosophy
Intelligence ~ Communication ~ Rhetoric
Validation by a Voracious Vocabulary
Beliefs ~ Knowledge ~ Ethics ~ Science
SWING FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
PONDER THE DEEP AND PROFOUND
CREATIVE IDEAS ~ TECHNICAL IDEAS
BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE AND WORDS
TRY A SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE
OF KNOWLEDGE
linguistics, the cosmos and the quirky.
A RESEARCH STUDY OF LINGUISTICS
Accidence - grammar book; science of inflections in grammar
Bibliotics - study of documents to determine authenticity
Characterology - study of development of character
Chirography - study of handwriting or penmanship
Codicology - study of manuscripts
Diplomatics - science of deciphering ancient writings and texts
Folkloristics - study of folklore and fables
Grammatology - study of systems of writing
Graphemics - study of systems of representing speech in writing
Graphology - study of handwriting
Historiography - study of writing history
Hymnography - study of writing hymns
Idiomology - study of idiom, jargon or dialect
Orthoepy - study of correct pronunciation
Orthography - study of spelling
Philology - study of ancient texts; historical linguistics
Phoniatrics - study and correction of speech defects
Phonology - study of speech sounds
Semantology - science of meanings of words
Semasiology - study of meaning; semantics
Semiology - study of signs and signals
Semiotics - study of signs and symbols
Stemmatology - study of relationships between texts
Storiology - study of folk tales
Stylometry - studying literature by means of statistical analysis
Symbology - study of symbols
Textology - study of the production of texts
Tonetics - study of pronunciation
Typography - art of printing or using type
A RESEARCH STUDY OF THE COSMOS
Areology - study of Mars
Astrogeology - study of extraterrestrial geology
Astrology - study of influence of stars on people
Astrometeorology - study of effect of stars on climate
Astroseismology - study of star oscillations
Astronomy - study of celestial bodies
Astrophysics - study of behavior of interstellar matter
Chaology - the study of chaos or chaos theory
Cometology - study of comets
Cosmology - study of the universe
Exobiology - study of extraterrestrial life
Genethlialogy - the art of casting horoscopes
Heliology - science of the sun
Helioseismology - study of sun's interior by observing its surface oscillations
Iatromathematics - archaic practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology
Meteoritics - the study of meteors
Nephology - study of clouds
Selenodesy - study of the shape and features of the moon
Selenology - study of the moon
Ufology - study of alien spacecraft
Uranography - descriptive astronomy and mapping
Uranology - study of the heavens; astronomy
Zenography - study of the planet Jupiter
A RESEARCH STUDY OF THE QUIRKY
Agonistics - art and theory of prize-fighting
Alethiology - study of truth
Algedonics - science of pleasure and pain
Anemology - study of winds
Arctophily - study of teddy bears
Coprology - study of pornography
Deltiology - the collection and study of picture postcards
Labeorphily - collection and study of beer bottle labels
Momilogy - study of mummies
Teratology - study of monsters, freaks
Typology - study of types of things
Pataphysics - the science of imaginary solutions
Phillumeny - collecting of matchbox labels
Proxemics - study of man’s need for personal space
Psalligraphy - the art of paper-cutting to make pictures
Psephology - study of election results and voting trends
Pseudology - art or science of lying
Pseudoptics - study of optical illusions
Escapology - study of freeing oneself from constraints
Kidology - study of kidding
