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• Existence
  ...in Book I of his [[Sum of Logic|Summa Totius Logicae]] (''Treatise on all Logic'', written some time before 1327) that Categories are not a form of Being i
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• Hypothesis
  ...redicting a possible causal correlation among multiple [[phenomena]]. The term derives from the [[Greek]], ''hypotithenai'' meaning "to put under" or "to ...ers of science in primary schools have often simplified the meaning of the term "hypothesis" by describing a hypothesis as "an educated guess". The failur
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• Paradox
  Sometimes the term ''paradox'' is used for situations that are merely surprising. The [[birth ...'' leads to a contradiction, was instrumental in the development of modern logic and [[set theory]].
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• Philosophy
  ...de (but are not limited to) [[rationalism]] (theories arrived at through [[logic]]), [[empiricism]] (theories arrived at through observation), and even thro ...of set B. In Aristotle's syllogistic logic you could say this, because his logic should only be used for things that really exist ("no empty classes")
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• 86:2 The Personification of Choice
  ...his [[immediate]] or remote interest; [[self-interest]] largely obscures [[logic]]. The [[difference]] between the [[minds]] of savage and civilized men is ...avoiding all forms of [[intellectual]] hard [[work]]. [[Luck]] is merely a term coined to cover the inexplicable in any age of [[human]] [[existence]]; it
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• Indian Philosophy
  The term ''' Indian philosophy''' may refer to any of several traditions of philosop The Sanskrit term for "philosopher" is ''dārśanika'', one who is familiar with the systems
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• 2006-03-26-Our Habit Patterns
  ...e a unified lesson. There are two forms of habitual behavior which I would term "transitory" and "permanent". ...avior, inspiration fosters the will to do so. Another such pattern I would term "activation", the creation within oneself to reflex, to immediately attempt
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• Dogma
  ...sect of physicians, at the head of which is placed Hippocrates. 1864 BOWEN Logic x. 330 The foundations of all philosophy, whether dogmatic, critical, or sc ...ific history of dogmata, and..notable as suggesting to modern theology the term Dogmatics. 1894 MITCHELL tr. Harnack's Hist. Dogma i. 28 Dogmatic is a posi
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• Universal
  In logic, or the consideration of valid arguments, a [[proposition]] is said to have ...iversal the religious rule by one all-powerful all-encompassing (hence the term [[catholic]]) church. In the 17th century, the doctrine of universality gav
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• Computer Science
  ...e 1940s, as newer and more powerful computing machines were developed, the term ''computer'' came to refer to the machines rather than their human predeces ...t year by ''hypologist'' Communications of the ACM 2(1):p.4. Recently the term ''computics'' has been suggested IEEE Computer 28(12):p.136.
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• Synchronization
  ...ering]] [[technology]]. In electrical engineering terms, for [[digital]] [[logic]] and data transfer, a synchronous object requires a clock signal. Timekeep The term synchronization is also sometimes used for the transfer of [[content]] from
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• Intuition
  ...f intuition may be investigated, or "intuition" may be used as a technical term to single out a particular type of mental state or propositional attitude. ...at is, intuition that is not empirical (''Prolegomena, p.7''). Intuitistic logic was devised by Arend Heyting to accommodate this position (and has been ado
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• Analysis
  ...r it should be noted that roughly parallel concepts within mathematics and logic go back beyond [[Aristotle]]. It has been variously been ascribed to [[Desc * [[Discourse]] analysis, a general term for the analysis of [[language]] use above the sentence or clause level
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• 2010-06-18-Paradigm Shift
  ...uter screen liquidity has been pumped into the system, but this is a short term fix which causes further problems with liquidity a few weeks down the line. ...for them, and still they carry on with their nasty games, which defies the logic of any right minded person. But they are not right minded, and your governm
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• Avant-garde
  The term was originally used to describe the foremost part of an army advancing into The [[origin]] of the application of this French term to art is still debated. Some fix it on May 17, 1863, the opening of the Sa
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• Matrix
  ...ur Cayley, in his 1858 ''Memoir on the theory of matrices'' first used the term matrix in the modern sense, but proved little except what is today known as ...s (see quot. 1965); a set of basic truth tables for a particular system of logic (see quot. 1973). Freq. attrib.
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• Natural Sciences
  ...d society, and from the [[formal science]]s, such as [[mathematics]] and [[logic]], which use a different [[methodology]]. Within the natural sciences, the term [[hard science]] is sometimes used to describe those sub-fields that rely o
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• Arbritrary
  '''Arbitrariness''' is a term given to choices and actions subject to [[individual]] will, [[judgment]] o ...this to ethics as well. All decisions should be made through reason and [[logic]], not via whim or how one "feels" what is right. [[Random]]ness may occasi
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• Quantity
  ...irst introduced as quantum, an entity having quantity. Being a fundamental term, quantity is used to refer to any type of quantitative properties or attrib ==Quantity in logic and semantics==
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• 2018-02-18-N. Idaho TeaM
  ...stances. And this is the way of logic, this is the way to use, to use your term, realism. If one is confined strictly to this avenue of approach of manipul ...tion that we need to look at this from a deeper perspective, from a longer term perspective, from a more compassionate perspective, a more loving place.
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