cosmologyn.
/kɒzˈmɒlədʒi/, U.S. /kɑzˈmɑlədʒi/ a. The science or theory of the universe as an ordered whole, and of the general laws which govern it. Also, a particular account or system of the universe and its laws.
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the world > the universe > cosmology > [noun]
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the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > [noun]
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cosmism1861
cosmic philosophy1874
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cosmology, a speaking of the world.
1735 B. Martin Philos. Gram. 101 By Cosmology is implied a philosophical or physiological Discourse of the World, or Universe in general.
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 132 In the cosmologies..of Leibnitz and Buffon, fire and water are both employed.
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 221 It throws..a most important light on Homer's cosmology.
b. Philosophy. That branch of metaphysics which deals with the idea of the world as a totality of all phenomena in space and time.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cosmology, the science of the world in general. This Wolfius calls general, or transcendental cosmology.
1867 J. H. Stirling tr. A. Schwegler Handbk. Hist. Philos. xxxv. 205 Metaphysics..are subdivided [by Wolff] into Ontology, Cosmology, Psychology, Natural Theology.
1874 W. Wallace tr. G. W. F. Hegel Logic 58 The third branch of Metaphysics was Cosmology. The topics it embraced were the world, its contingency, necessity, eternity, limitation in time and space, etc.
1889 E. Caird Crit. Philos. Kant II. 39 Rational Cosmology deals with the idea of the world as a totality of phenomena in one time and space.
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