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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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Causal Theory of Knowledge
Philosophy; General philosophy
In epistemology, a causal theory of knowledge is one that states that in order for knowledge to exist, one must have a belief about something true, and that belief must have a ...
Conjunction
Philosophy; General philosophy
Conjunction is a truth-functional operator in logic which is equivalent to the word “and”. If P is known and Q is known, we may say P and Q, or formally: P ∧ Q This may ...
Continental Philosophy
Philosophy; General philosophy
Continental philosophy is the tradition of philosophy associated with mainland (or continental) Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The term is usually used to ...
Conditional
Philosophy; General philosophy
The conditional, material conditional or material implication operator is used to symbolize “if… then” statements in symbolic logic. The conditional is a truth-functional operator ...
Deduction theorem
Philosophy; General philosophy
Deduction theorem is a basic rule of inference in logic by which a conditional is formed out of an implication. The deduction theorem is also known as the conditional introduction ...
Completeness
Philosophy; General philosophy
The term complete with respect to meta-logic is used to describe a system of logic for which every logical implication in that system is provable. In other words, if something ...
Contingency
Philosophy; General philosophy
In logic, a contingency is a proposition that may be either true or false, and is not necessarily one or the other. For example, the proposition “Sam is wearing a hat” is a ...
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