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Philosophy
The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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principle of sufficient reason
Philosophy; General philosophy
The principle that states that everything that exists has a sufficient explanation as to why it exists rather than something else. For example, we might think that everything that ...
principle of parsimony
Philosophy; General philosophy
The principle that states that we should prefer a simpler theory if it is otherwise just as good as explaining the relevant phenomena as another theory.
testability
Philosophy; General philosophy
The property of a hypothesis or theory that makes it possible to produce experiments that can reliably provide counterevidence against the theory. It can be said that something is ...
burden of proof
Philosophy; General philosophy
The property of a position that will be a unpersuasive unless at least minimal evidence can be given for it during a debate.
transparency
Philosophy; General philosophy
The property of an epistemic state that guarantees that we know when the epistemic state exists. Weakly transparent epistemic states guarantee that we know we have them, and ...
contingence
Philosophy; General philosophy
The property of being neither necessary nor impossible. There is a sense in which contingent things “could have been otherwise.” Aristotle's concept of an “accidental ...
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