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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.

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al-qadiyatan al-mutadakhilatan
Philosophy; General philosophy

The subaltern propositions, i.e. the two propositions having the same subject and predicate, and of the same quality, but differing in quantity; in other words the universal ...

al-qadiyatan al-mutaqabilatan
Philosophy; General philosophy

The two opposite propositions, i.e. the propositions having the same subject or predicate but differing in quality or quantity or both; they are four kinds: (1) the two contrary ...

al-qiyas al-khulf
Philosophy; General philosophy

Syllogism through reductio ad absurdum; a roundabout mode of argument by which a proposition is proved by deducing a contradiction from the negation of the proposition taken ...

clear
Philosophy; General philosophy

A highly desirable state for the individual, achieved through auditing, which was never attainable before Dianetics. A Clear is a person who no longer has his own reactive mind ...

clearness and distinctness
Philosophy; General philosophy

Descartes' criteria of indubitable truth derived from his reflection on the impossibility of doubting his own existence. Clear perceptions are 'present and accessible'. Distinct ...

cloning
Philosophy; General philosophy

The process of asexually producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical to the original ancestor. In recombinant DNA manipulation procedures to produce multiple ...

closed concept
Philosophy; General philosophy

A concept is closed if one can specify precisely the conditions for membership in its denotation. This set of membership conditions is called the term's connotation. For example, ...

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