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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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