branch of knowledge
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Bioethics evolves, as does any other branch of knowledge.
From Nature • Oct. 28, 2019
The reason is that science, unlike, say, politics or religion, is a cumulative branch of knowledge.
From Scientific American • May 14, 2015
Although the title "has come to be equated with medical practitioner," he continues, "by ancient definition, 'doctor' means one sufficiently skilled in any branch of knowledge to teach it."
From Time Magazine Archive
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President Lowell, on the eve of his retirement, apparently has determined that his successor shall not have the props pulled from under that branch of knowledge.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Two or three memoirs communicated to the Royal Society on new applications of mathematical analysis at once placed him in the front rank of the cultivators of this branch of knowledge.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various