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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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salva veritate
Philosophy; General philosophy
Latin for “with unharmed truth.” It refers to potential changes to statements that will not alter the truth of the statement. For example, we could generally talk about ...
reference borrowing
Philosophy; General philosophy
Continuing a historical tradition of using a name to refer to something. Reference borrowing is often part of a “causal theory of reference.” Merely using a name for the same ...
revisionary
Philosophy; General philosophy
Definitions or concepts that depart from the usual or intuitive associations we have with certain terms. For example, people who say that knowledge requires beliefs we can justify ...
reasonable pluralism
Philosophy; General philosophy
Disagreement between people who both have adequately justified beliefs and are not currently able to resolve whose beliefs are better justified. Given reasonable pluralism, people ...
inference
Philosophy; General philosophy
Drawing a conclusion from an argument. A “valid inference” is an inference made from a valid argument.
matters of fact
Philosophy; General philosophy
Empirical statements concerning the physical world. They can be known to be true or false from observation. For example, “All dogs are mammals” is a matter of fact. David Hume ...
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