Universality
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Universality may refer to:
  • Universality in physical science (background independence)
    Background independence
    Background independence, also called universality, is the concept or assumption, fundamental to all physical sciences, that the nature of reality is consistent throughout all of space and time...

  • Universality (dynamical systems)
    Universality (dynamical systems)
    In statistical mechanics, universality is the observation that there are properties for a large class of systems that are independent of the dynamical details of the system. Systems display universality in a scaling limit, when a large number of interacting parts come together...

  • Universality (philosophy)
    Universality (philosophy)
    In philosophy, universalism is a doctrine or school claiming universal facts can be discovered and is therefore understood as being in opposition to relativism. In certain religions, universality is the quality ascribed to an entity whose existence is consistent throughout the universe...

    , meaning present in all places and all times
  • Universality (theory of computation)
  • Universal properties
    Universal property
    In various branches of mathematics, a useful construction is often viewed as the “most efficient solution” to a certain problem. The definition of a universal property uses the language of category theory to make this notion precise and to study it abstractly.This article gives a general treatment...

     in Category Theory
  • Universality (medieval history)



See also

  • Universal
  • Universalism (disambiguation)
    Universalism (disambiguation)
    Universalism refers to any concept or doctrine that applies to all persons and/or all things for all times and in all situations, and may mean different things depending on the field:-In religion, theology:*see Universalism...

  • Universalization
    Universalization
    In social work practice and psychotherapy, universalization is a supportive intervention used by the therapist to reassure and encourage his/her client...

  • Universalizability
    Universalizability
    The concept of universalizability was set out by the 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant as part of his work Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. It is part of the first formulation of his categorical imperative, which states that the only morally acceptable maxims of our actions are...

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