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• Proposition
  In [[logic]] and [[philosophy]], the term '''proposition''' (from the [[word]] "proposal") refers to both (a) the "[[ ...the term "statement", and this is the current usage in [[mathematical]] [[logic]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition]
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• Valid
  :b : [[logic]]ally correct <a valid argument> <valid [[inference]]> ...ogical validity) is largely synonymous with logical [[truth]], however the term is used in [[different]] [[contexts]]. Validity is a property of [[formulas
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• Connotation
  *2 : the signification of something <that [[abuse]] of [[logic]] which consists in moving counters about as if they were known [[entities] ...]] property or [[group]] of properties of a [[thing]] named by a term in [[logic]]
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• Syntax
  In addition to referring to the overarching [[discipline]], the term ''syntax'' is also used to refer directly to the rules and [[principles]] t ...ed in [[logic]]. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_(logic) Syntax (logic)]; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming Computer-programming
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• Axiom
  *2. [[Logic]]. A proposition (whether true or false). *3. Logic and [[Mathematics]]. ‘A self-evident proposition, requiring no [[formal]]
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• Conceit
  ...rature]], a '''conceit''' is an extended [[metaphor]] with a [[complex]] [[logic]] that governs a poetic passage or entire poem. By [[juxtaposing]], usurpin ==History of the term==
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• Statement
  ==Logic== ...pedia.org/wiki/Peter_Strawson Peter Strawson] has advocated the use of the term "statement" in preference to proposition.
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• Postulate
  :b : to [[assume]] as a postulate or axiom (as in [[logic]] or [[mathematics]]) In [[traditional]] [[logic]], an axiom or '''postulate''' is a [[proposition]] that is not proved or
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• Supposition
  ...e. Here cup as an utterance [[signifies]] a cup as an object, but cup as a term of the [[language]] [[English]] is being used to supposit for the wine cont ...t that is called a cup in [[English]], so it is in personal supposition. A term is in improper supposition, if it is suppositing for an object, but a diffe
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• Consistent
  ...istotelian logic], although in contemporary [[mathematical]] [[logic]] the term satisfiable is used instead. The [[syntactic]] definition states that a [[t ...cs, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-order_logic second-order logic], are not complete.
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• Tautology
  ...cal tautology should not be [[confused]] with a tautology in propositional logic, which by the precepts of empiricism is not falsifiable.[https://en.wikiped [[Category: Logic]]
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• Epidemiology
  ...studies of zoological populations (veterinary epidemiology), although the term 'epizoology' is available, and it has also been applied to studies of plant ...h]] and illness of [[populations]], and serves as the [[foundation]] and [[logic]] of interventions made in the interest of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P
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• Intension
  ...term may also refer to all such intensions [[collectively]], although the term [[comprehension]] is [[technically]] more correct for this.
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• Dichotomy
  The two parts thus formed are [[complements]]. In [[logic]], the partitions are [[opposites]] if there exists a [[proposition]] such The above applies directly when the term is used in [[mathematics]], [[philosophy]], [[literature]], or [[linguistic
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• Permission
  ...]], otherwise ethically wrong, would thereby involve no ethical fault. The term "permission" is more commonly used to refer to [[consent]]. Consent is the ...]] to each other, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontic_logic deontic logic] is a [[tool]] sometimes used in reasoning about such [[relationships]].
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• Theory
  ...proper usages of the term. What follows is an attempt to describe how the term is used, not to try to say how it ought to be used. ...nd it would be a mistake to assume from the outset that a given use of the term "theory" in academic [[literature]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a sc
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• Discrete
  ...However, there is no exact, [[universally]] [[agreed]], definition of the term "discrete mathematics." Indeed, discrete mathematics is described less by w ...[[studied]] in discrete mathematics can be [[finite]] or [[infinite]]. The term finite mathematics is sometimes applied to parts of the field of discrete m
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• Omnipotence
  ...eople of different faiths, or indeed between people of the same faith, the term omnipotent has been used to connote a number of different positions. These :1. A deity is able to do anything that is [[logic]]ally [[possible]] for it to do.
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• Rational
  ...nking]] itself as from giving an account or an explanation. This lends the term a dual aspect. One aspect associates it with comprehension, intelligence, o ==Rationality contra logic==
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• Vagueness
  [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Fuzzy-logic.jpg|right|frame]] :b : not having a [[precise]] [[meaning]] <a vague term of [[abuse]]>
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• Synthesis
  The term '''synthesis''' (from the ancient Greek ''σύνθεσις'' ''σύν'' "wi *In electronic design automation, [[logic]] synthesis, the process of converting a high-level design into a low-level
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• Formal systems
  In [[logic]] and [[mathematics]], a '''formal system''' consists of two components, a ...e the term ''formalism'' as a rough synonym for ''formal system'', but the term is also used to refer to a particular style of ''notation'', for example, [
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• Trivia
  ...vision of the ''Artes Liberales'', namely [[grammar]], [[rhetoric]], and [[logic]]. (The other four Liberal Arts were the quadrivium, namely [https://en.wik ...e distinccion'' a threefold division. This is due to an application of the term by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnobius Arnobius], and was never common
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• Infallible
  ...ty''', from [[Latin]] [[origin]] ('in', not + 'fallere', to deceive), is a term with a [[Diversity|variety]] of [[meanings]] related to knowing [[truth]] w ...is ubiquitous and inevitable, even in the fields of [[mathematics]] and [[logic]]. For details, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchhausen_Trilemm
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• Structure
  ...se involving physical objects. Abstract structures are studied not only in logic and mathematics but in the fields that apply them, as computer science, and ...e leaves at the bottom. In mathematical logic, a [[Structure (mathematical logic)|structure]] is an object that gives semantic meanings to the symbols in a
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• 2008-05-05-You Sowed The Seed
  ...he 11:11 prompt may come, I can only suggest that you merely see the short term goal of the effort. ...ore that moment in their lives finally arrives when they no longer see the logic, the truth, the reality, of their ancient fundamental beliefs.
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• Inference
  * [[Logic]] studies the laws of valid inference. ...century, has built numerous [[formal system]]s that embody [[Aristotelian logic]] (or variants thereof).
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• Secondary Corpus
  The term for the sciences related to the planet [[Earth (planet)|Earth]] Study of abstract [[formal systems]],i.e. [[logic]], [[mathematics]], & theoretical [[computer science]], [[information theor
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• Western Philosophy
  '''Western philosophy''' is a term that refers to [[philosophy|philosophical]] thinking in the [[Western world Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of [[Western culture|Western civilizat
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• Taxonomy
  ...However, it has become [[fashion]]able in certain [[circles]] to apply the term in a wider, more general [[sense]], where it may refer to a classification ...of [[things]] into [[groups]], or even an alphabetical list. However, the term vocabulary is more appropriate for such a list. In current usage within [ht
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• Deduction
  ...nt of deduction as it is understood in [[mathematics]], see [[mathematical logic]]. ...ns. 1832 Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 574 The solemn deduction (to use the technical term) of a legitimate Roman colony.
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• Conundrum
  ...originating in some university joke, or as a [[parody]] of some [[Latin]] term of the schools, which would agree with its unfixed form in 17-18th c. It is ...drums are puzzles that call for [[lateral thinking]]. In [[tradition]]al [[logic]] puzzles an array chart can be used to sift through the possibilities in a
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• Ideograph
  ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_notation mathematical notation], [[logic]], UML), which are used worldwide regardless of how they are pronounced in The term "ideogram" is commonly used to describe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo
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• Corollary
  ...follows a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorem theorem]. The use of the term ''corollary'', rather than [[proposition]] or theorem, is intrinsically [[s [[Category: Logic]]
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• Critical thinking
  One sense of the term critical means ''crucial''; a second sense derives from κριτικός (' ...and [[decisions]] using those skills. Critical thinking employs not only [[logic]] but broad intellectual criteria such as [[clarity]], credibility, [[accur
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• Methodology
  ...velopment, project management and business process fields. This use of the term is typified by the outline who, what, where, when, and why. In the document Researchers acknowledge the need for rigor, [[logic]], and coherence in their methodologies, which are subject to peer review.
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• Semiotics
  ...tudied as [[communication]]. However, some semioticians [[focus]] on the [[logic]]al [[dimensions]] of the [[science]]. They examine areas belonging also to The term, which was spelled semiotics (Greek: σημειωτικός, semeiotikos, a
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• Monk
  In the [[Greek]] [[language]] the term can apply to men or women; but in modern [[English]] it is in use only for Although the term monachos (“monk”) is of Christian origin, in the English language it te
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• Bureaucracy
  ...y exercise of power by authoritarian regimes. Bureaucracy brought the same logic to government work that the assembly line brought to the factory. With the ...udies of ''bureaucracy'' and whose works led to the popularization of this term. Many aspects of [[modern]] [[public]] [[administration]] go back to him, a
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• Method
  ...velopment, project management and business process fields. This use of the term is typified by the outline who, what, where, when, and why. In the document Researchers acknowledge the need for rigor, [[logic]], and coherence in their methodologies, which are subject to peer review.
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• Common sense
  ...ence]] which most people allegedly have, or which the [[person]] using the term believes that they do or should have. ...results available to [[consciousness]]. Thus the modern [[psychological]] term, "[[perception]]", fulfills the same [[function]]. Individuals could have d
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• Totem
  Although the term is of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwe Ojibwe] [[origin]] in [https:// ...them, and may refer to this as a totem. This non-traditional usage of the term is prevalent in the [[New Age]] movement, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org
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• The Arts
  ...culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. In modern usage, it is a term broader than "art", which usually means the visual arts (comprising both [[ ...ht in medieval universities as part of the Trivium (grammar, rhetoric, and logic) and the Quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.)
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• Status Quo
  *1884 tr. Lotze's Logic 403 The desire to protect that particular status quo on principle against a Status quo, literally "the state in which", is a Latin term meaning the current or existing state of affairs.[1] To maintain the status
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• Art
  ...culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. In modern usage, it is a term broader than "art", which usually means the visual arts (comprising both [[ ...universities as part of the [[Trivium]] ([[grammar]], [[rhetoric]], and [[logic]]) and the [[Quadrivium]], ([[arithmetic]], [[geometry]], [[music]], and [[
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• Charisma
  ...apable of using their personal [[being]], rather than just [[speech]] or [[logic]] alone, to interface with other human beings in a personal and direct [[ma The term charisma, derived from Ancient [[Greek]], was introduced in scholarly usage
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• Proof
  ...onnotes a rigorous deduction. In [[formal]] [[axiomatic]] [[systems]] of [[logic]] and [[mathematics]], a proof is a [[finite]] sequence of well developed [ :3. Math. and [[Logic]]. A sequence of steps by which a theorem or other statement is derived fro
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• Faculty
  ...ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_philosophy Islamic philosophy], and [[logic]] in Islamic philosophy. ...[university]]: senior [[teachers]], lecturers, and/or [[researchers]]. The term is most commonly used in this [[context]] in the United States and Canada,
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• Logic
  '''Logic''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Classical Greek]] λόγος [[logos]]; meaning wo ...reasoning using [[probability]] and to arguments involving [[causality]]. Logic is also commonly used today in [[argumentation theory]]. J. Robert Cox and
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• 2006-11-05-Undiluted Raw Faith and Paradise Input
  ...basis prove to ourselves that we can capably handle our given tasks with [[logic]] and reasoning, and perhaps with advice from local sources as it is made a ...in [[mind]] that those who are prompted by us may not be – I will use the term – ‘the end product’ of our endeavors. Indeed, at times [[information]
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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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• Difference
  ...the philosophy of [[Edmund Husserl]] in ''Speech and [[Phenomena]]''. The term was then elaborated in various other works, notably in his essay "Différan ...Mediterranean. Yellow and red came to be differentiated from a new colour term -- "orange". What was the meaning of these words before 1600? What is thei
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• 2000-04-03-Learn God
  ...rn [[the Brotherhood]]. Again, I say the word Brotherhood is just a mortal term that more [[encompasses]] all men and women. Let us not feel [[separation]] ...rents, or prideful adults, would rather smooth over the issue with their [[logic]] so as to not appear [[foolish]] or wrong. A good parent in the first plac
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• 2000-12-11-Times Are Changing
  ...ad to learn [[patience]] and keep my [[emotions]] at bay, while allowing [[logic]] to rise to the forefront in my [[thinking]]. I have had assignments that ...y have in store for us? Can we [[focus]] on our emotions to decrease and [[logic]] to rise so we can be of [[practical]] service?
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• Inquiry
  ...from the first, the extremes must admit of perfect syllogism. By 'middle term' I mean that which both is contained in another and contains another in its ...le term by means of the other extreme; for example, if ''B'' is the middle term of ''A'' and ''C'', in proving by means of ''C'' that ''A'' applies to ''B'
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• 160:5 The Religion of the Ideal
  ...l]] religions, while those based on true [[spirit]] [[experience]] I would term the true religions. The object of religious [[devotion]] may be [[material] ...110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND mortal mind], distortions of [[false]] [[logic]], and the self-[[deceptive]] [[idols]] of those who create them. Yes, you
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• Noumenon
  The term is generally used in contrast with, or in relation to, "[[phenomenon]]" (pl ...ughly, "mind"). Noumenon is linguistically unrelated to "[[numinous]]," a term coined by [[Rudolf Otto]] and based on the [[Latin]] numen (deity).
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• Worldview
  ...postulates]]; or [[themes]], [[values]], [[emotions]], and [[ethics]]. The term is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calque calque] of the German word ''Wel The term 'Weltanschauung' is often wrongly attributed to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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• The Three Absolutes
  The Universal Absolute, we [[logic]]ally [[deduce]], was inevitable in the [[Universal Father]]'s absolute [[f We never use the term the Absolute as a negation of aught or as a denial of anything. Neither do
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• Integral Movement
  ...d philosophy of [[Sri Aurobindo]], as well as the Integral Psychology (the term coined by [[Indra Sen]]) and Psychotherapy that emerges from it. (Integral ...inian evolution." Jennifer Gidley points to Steiner’s earliest use of the term ''integral,'' in reference to ''integral evolution'' in a lecture in Paris
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• Knowledge
  ...sses: perception, learning, communication, association, and reasoning. The term knowledge is also used to mean the confident understanding of a subject, po ...ition of knowledge requires that the believer's evidence is such that it [[logic]]ally necessitates the truth of the belief.
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• Miracles
  ...to the action of a [[supernatural]] [[being]] that is not a god. Thus, the term "divine intervention", by contrast, would refer specifically to the direct The [[logic]] behind an event being deemed a miracle varies significantly. Often a reli
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• Sophism
  The term sophism originated from [[Greek]] σόφισμα, sophisma, from σοφίζ ...://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus Herodotus]. At about the same time, the term [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophistes sophistes] was a synonym for "[[po
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• Love
  ...nd impossible, but we are indeed enjoined to love our enemies, therefore [[logic]]ally and truly, this love is not ultimately or even initially a matter of ...pply. The matter of discernment as to whether another person whom we might term 'enemy' is in [[fact]] a [[faith]] son or daughter is not something that we
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• Abuse
  ...g, the development of tolerance and their abuse potential limit their long-term value as appetite-suppressants. 1984 Sunday Times 9 Dec. 3/6 This is a setb
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• Animal nature
  ...nse of the term was proposed by [[John Stuart Mill]] in his 1843 System of Logic. He recommended the development of a new science, "ethology," whose purpose ...ublished in the journal Behaviour, ethologist Peter Verbeek introduced the term "Peace Ethology" as a sub-discipline of Human Ethology that is concerned wi
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• Phase Change
  ...sidered part or portion in recurring or serial activities or occurrences [[logic]]ally connected within a greater [[process]], often resulting in an output In the [[English]] vernacular, the term is most commonly used to describe transitions between [[solid]], [[liquid]]
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• 1995-06-26-Personal Questions
  ...Minister]]s [[breath]] of life, does not [[survive]]. A baby carried full term, having parted from the mother and received [[soul]]/[[spirit]] and then by ...e to [[feel]] love, it may not be a time for [[emotion]], but a time for [[logic]]. The Indwelling Father Fragment is helpful in this area. To rely upon Him
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• Actuality
  ...omething else. Movement can therefore be understood under the more general term of metabolé, that is, change. The corresponding potency is, thus, a transi ...the notion of possibility are studied by modal [[metaphysics]] and modal [[logic]].
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• Cognitive Science
  ...es which showed that the capacity of human thinking is limited, with short-term [[memory]], for example, limited to around seven items. He proposed that me ...ists have proposed that the mind contains such mental representations as [[Logic|logical]] propositions, rules, [[concepts]], images, and analogies, and tha
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• 2005-08-28-Slipping Into Depression
  ...ver]], recognize and interpret in [[time]], precisely what is meant by the term [[self-mastery]]. ...universe that all [[things]] will work out for the best. Today I allowed [[logic]] to step in and stay that this [[attitude]] is illogical, or [[delusional]
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• African Philosophy
  '''African philosophy''' is a disputed term, used in different ways by different [[philosophers]]. Although [[Africa]] ...fundamental ''loci'' of disagreement concerns what exactly it is that the term ‘African’ qualifies: the content of the philosophy or the identities of
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• Metaphysics
  ...addressed as a part of metaphysics known as "[[natural philosophy]]"; the term "science" itself meant "knowledge". The [[scientific method]], however, mad ...oduced the method of basing claims about [[pheonomena|appearances]] on a [[logic]]al concept of Being, he is considered one of the founders of metaphysics.
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• Appendix XXVII: Growth of the Cosmos Infinite
  ...concept of the Cosmos Infinite is about the simplest one that will fit our logic and we propose to adopt such a matrix for our deductions concerning this do ...s Infinite. On the surface this might appear to be a flight of speculative logic that is characterized more by audacity than by common sense, but there is c
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• Science
  ...mpirical methods. Formal science, which also includes [[statistics]] and [[logic]], is vital to the empirical sciences. Major advances in formal science hav ...]. In the 1800s, the term ''natural philosophy'' gradually gave way to the term ''[[natural science]]''. Natural science was gradually specialized to its c
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• The Sciences
  ...mpirical methods. Formal science, which also includes [[statistics]] and [[logic]], is vital to the empirical sciences. Major advances in formal science hav ...]. In the 1800s, the term ''natural philosophy'' gradually gave way to the term ''[[natural science]]''. Natural science was gradually specialized to its c
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• 1996-09-02-Courage and Liberty
  ...[[regret]]. You are enabled to look with that part of you that combines [[logic]] with [[love]]. As you learn of your true [[self]] through your spirit [[v ...liberty. Could you expand on that a little--define it as you are using the term?
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• Information science
  ...work from that of library science, and in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] as a term for a science of information that studies natural, as well as artificial or ...to Laws of Thought...,’’ which lays the foundations for [[Boolean algebra (logic)|Boolean algebra]], which is later used in [[information retrieval]].<ref>
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• 1998-12-14-Spiritual Growth, Part 2
  ...[steadfastly]] refused to believe. So, it is not necessarily a matter of [[logic]] that translating into a grander environment is going to increase or insur ...shrug off, and it is much more [[challenging]] to reinstate what you would term "spiritually deprived" beings.
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• Defense
  ...erm "defence mechanism" is often thought to refer to a definitive singular term for [[personality]] traits which arise due to loss or [[trauma]]tic [[exper ...re just not [[perceived]] that way, and condensations arise. There is no [[logic]] and no [[time line]]. [[Lust]] is important for this [[process]]. By cont
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• Chance
  In [[philosophy]] and [[logic]], [[contingency]] is the status of propositions that are not necessarily t The term is often used in [[statistics]] to signify well-defined statistical propert
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