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• Formal systems
  ...l language]] plus a set of [[inference]] rules or transformation rules. A formal system may be formulated and studied for its intrinsic [[value]], or it may Some theorists use the term ''formalism'' as a rough synonym for ''formal system'', but the term is also used to refer to a particular style of ''not
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• Formal Sciences
  ...ics]], and the theoretical branches of [[computer science]], [[information theory]], and [[statistics]]. ...cial science]], the third branch of science and some of the disciplines of formal science like [[mathematics]] and [[statistics]] are often even referred as
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• Axiology
  ...ld to lay the groundwork for these fields, and thus to be similar to value theory and meta-ethics. The term was first used in the early 20th century by Paul One area in which [[research]] continues to be pursued is so-called [[formal]] axiology, or the attempt to lay out principles regarding value with [[mat
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• Axiom
  *3. Logic and [[Mathematics]]. ‘A self-evident proposition, requiring no [[formal]] [[demonstration]] to prove its [[truth]], but received and assented to as ...granted, and serves as a starting point for deducing and inferring other (theory dependent) truths.
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• Assimilation
  ==Constructivist Theory== ...the experiences to fit their internal representations. According to the [[theory]], accommodation is the [[process]] of reframing one's mental representatio
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• Theory
  The term '''theory''' has two broad sets of [[meanings]], one used in the empirical [[The Scie ...ure]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory.
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• Secondary Corpus
  Rules that warrant enforcement through [[formal]] processes. The theory and practice of [[politics]]; descriptive analyses of [[political system]]s
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• Applied science
  ...can also apply formal science, such as [[statistics]] and [[probability]] theory, as in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology epidemiology]. [https://
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• Lattice
  ...nce the two definitions are equivalent, lattice theory draws on both order theory and universal algebra. Semilattices include lattices, which in turn include ...Wille in 1984, and builds on applied [[lattice theory|lattice]] and order theory that was developed by [[Garrett Birkhoff|Birkhoff]] and others in the 1930'
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• Permission
  *2: [[formal]] [[consent]] : authorization ..., Theorie der Grundrechte, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt a. M.: 1985. Translation: A theory of constitutional rights, Oxford University Press, Oxford: 2002.
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• Postulate
  ...ranted, and serves as a starting point for deducing and inferring other ([[theory]] dependent) [[truths]]. ...[formal]] logical [[expression]] used in deduction to build a mathematical theory. To axiomatize a [[system]] of [[knowledge]] is to show that its claims can
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• Theorems
  ...ted]] or proposed as a demonstrable [[truth]] often as a part of a general theory : proposition <the theorem that the best defense is offense> ...ndamentally [[deductive]], in [[contrast]] to the notion of a scientific [[theory]], which is [[empirical]].
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• Higgs boson
  ...s which would allow physicists to [[confirm]] this cornerstone of modern [[theory]]. ...teams at the LHC independently announced that they each [[confirmed]] the formal [[discovery]] of a previously unknown boson of [[mass]] between 125–127 G
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• Recognition
  ...e [[state]] of [[being]] recognized: as a : acknowledgment; especially : [[formal]] acknowledgment of the [[political]] [[existence]] of a [[government]] or ..., Meno tells [[Socrates]] that he thinks that Socrates is correct in his [[theory]] of recollection, to which Socrates replies, “I think I am. I shouldn’
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• Descend
  ...re is strong [[quantitative]] [[support]], by a [[formal]] test" for the [[theory]] that all living [[organisms]] on [[Earth]] are descended from a common an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin Charles Darwin] proposed the [[theory]] of universal common descent through an [[evolutionary]] [[process]] in [h
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• Consensus
  The [[formal]] [[process]] of achieving consensus [[ideally]] requires serious treatment ...] or [[methods]], but others have prepared extensive documentation on both formal and informal consensus decision-making processes.
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• Computer Science
  ...allenges in implementing computations. For example, [[programming language theory]] studies approaches to describing computations, while [[computer programmi Despite its relatively short history as a formal academic discipline, computer science has made a number of fundamental cont
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• Definition
  *1 : an [[act]] of determining; specifically : the [[formal]] [[proclamation]] of a Roman Catholic [[dogma]] ...of the speaker's [[immediate]] [[intentional]] meaning. For example, in [[formal]] [[languages]] like [[mathematics]], a 'stipulative' definition guides a s
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• Inference
  * [[Statistics|Statisticians]] have developed formal rules for inference from quantitative data. ...e is never false. This is because the validity of a deductive inference is formal. The inferred conclusion of a valid deductive inference is necessarily true
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• Secession
  *2 : [[formal]] withdrawal from an [[organization]] ...ion should be considered only to [[rectify]] grave injustices (“Just Cause Theory”). Some theories do both. A list of justifications may be presented [[su
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