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Philosophy
The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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Turing machine
Philosophy; General philosophy
A machine that has rules or commands that cause it to make certain motions based on symbols. Turing machines are capable of using finite formal systems of logic and mathematics. ...
possible world
Philosophy; General philosophy
A metaphysical concept that contrasts what actually exist to what could exist assuming that there's a sense that the laws of physics could have been different or not exist at all. ...
possibility
Philosophy; General philosophy
A modal domain involving what is contingent, possible (not impossible), necessary, and impossible.
weak conclusion
Philosophy; General philosophy
A modest conclusion. Weak conclusions require less evidence than strong conclusions. For example, consider the following argument—“If a light goes on at my neighbor's house, then ...
mode
Philosophy; General philosophy
A nonessential property of a substance. For example, “spherical.”
Platonic Forms
Philosophy; General philosophy
A non-natural, eternal, unchanging part of reality. Plato viewed this part of reality as consisting of “ideals.” We could find out the ideal right, ideal justice, ideal good, and ...
token
Philosophy; General philosophy
A particular concrete instance or manifestation. For example, some philosophers argued that every token mental event (such as a particular pain) is identical to a token physical ...
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