Luhmann's systems theory transcends the classical understanding of object/subject by regarding communication (and not 'action') as the basic element of any social system.

Transference under this model is distinct from the classical understanding of this term.

The classical philosophical understanding of knowledge is that knowledge is justified true belief.

The terms classic and romantic, as Phædrus used them, mean the following: A classical understanding sees the world primarily as underlying form itself.

In the late renaissance various writers began to question the medieval and classical understanding of knowledge acquisition in a more fundamental way.

The classical Jewish understanding of bible did not identify the Re'em animal as the unicorn.

Adler primarily specialized in ancient epic poetry, particularly Homer and Vergil, as well as classical understanding of liberal education.

In the late nineteenth century, physicists encountered problems with the classical understanding of time, in connection with the behavior of electricity and magnetism.

This broadened meaning is not related to the statistical measurement concept nor to the classical understanding of the concept in economic theory.

In physics, quantization is the process of transition from a classical understanding of physical phenomena to a newer understanding known as "quantum mechanics".