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synthesisA combination, derivation or compilation. See logic synthesis. synthesis 1. the process of producing a compound by a chemical reaction or series of reactions, usually from simpler or commonly available starting materials 2. Philosophy archaic synthetic reasoning 3. Philosophy a. (in the writings of Kant) the unification of one concept with another not contained in it b. the final stage in the Hegelian dialectic, that resolves the contradiction between thesis and antithesis synthesis [′sin·thə·səs] (chemistry) Any process or reaction for building up a complex compound by the union of simpler compounds or elements. (control systems)
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| Davis, who may well be our best synthesist, reaches across disciplines to deliver a powerful main thesis: Los Angeles has, stupidly and defiantly, placed itself in the crosshairs of disasters--natural and manmade; its political institutions have cavalierly dared the poor to protest their treatment, and its builders, developers and growth junkies have built a city that sits squarely across fault lines, killer bee invasion routes, mountain lion ranges, and tornado corridors, to name a few. This is not to imply that the synthesist will want to call up only these writings; obviously that could be foolishly parochial. The "liberal Catholic" is, in the best instances, the twentieth-century Catholic synthesist. |
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