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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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