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Philosophy

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

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utility theory

Philosophy; General philosophy

A view concerning how we should make decisions based on how much we value the outcomes of various decisions we could make. Decisions that are likely to lead to a desirable outcome ...

foundherentism

Philosophy; General philosophy

A view that we should accept a view that combines elements of both foundationalism and coherentism. Foundherentism uses various experiences or observations as a foundational ...

square of opposition

Philosophy; General philosophy

A visual aid used in logic to derive various logical relations between categories and quantifiers. For example, the square shows that if we can know that not all x are y, then we ...

truth table

Philosophy; General philosophy

A visual display used in formal logic that has columns and rows that are used to determine which propositions are true or false, what arguments are valid, what propositions are ...

Venn Diagram

Philosophy; General philosophy

A visual representation of a categorical syllogism that is generally used as a tool to determine if it's logically valid or invalid. For example, consider the argument, “All A are ...

truth tree

Philosophy; General philosophy

A visual-oriented method used in formal logic to determine if a set of propositions are contradictory or consistent; or if an argument is valid or invalid; etc. For example, ...