The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & PracticesThis jargon-free guide to design and architecture theory helps professionals engage in the discourse of where and what architecture is, and has been. |
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... truth . The spirit of truth is a rigid measure diving to the very foundation of a work , crossing it , feeding it , carrying it without weakness all the way to its appearance , which wears the quiet smile given by the assurance of being ...
... truth . The spirit of truth is a rigid measure diving to the very foundation of a work , crossing it , feeding it , carrying it without weakness all the way to its appearance , which wears the quiet smile given by the assurance of being ...
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... truth is an unanalyzable quality that some propositions have and others lack , and that therefore evokes a primitively mysterious response ( Horwich 1990 ) . COMMENTARY Truth in everyday life is of the first kind mentioned above , a ...
... truth is an unanalyzable quality that some propositions have and others lack , and that therefore evokes a primitively mysterious response ( Horwich 1990 ) . COMMENTARY Truth in everyday life is of the first kind mentioned above , a ...
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... truth , existing independently of design endeavor and adjudicat- ing it . As seekers of truth , idealist architects are inclined to a metaphysical , mystical , or religious stance that leads them to yearn for and to construe qualities ...
... truth , existing independently of design endeavor and adjudicat- ing it . As seekers of truth , idealist architects are inclined to a metaphysical , mystical , or religious stance that leads them to yearn for and to construe qualities ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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