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Contradiction
Philosophy; General philosophy
In propositional logic, a contradiction is a formula which implies two opposing conclusions. A contradiction is always false, and any contradictory formula implies its own ...
sense-data
Philosophy; General philosophy
Some philosophers who accept that the various forms of the argument from illusion show that we do not directly perceive material objects, use the terms sense-datum and ...
predicate
Philosophy; General philosophy
The term predicate traditionally refers to the part of a sentence that characterizes the subject. In “Sally kissed Fred,” “Sally” is the subject and “kissed Fred” is the ...
immaterialism
Philosophy; General philosophy
Immaterialism is the metaphysical doctrine held by Berkeley. He maintained that reality consisted entirely of minds (including God’s) and ideas. Ordinary things were ...
induction, problem of
Philosophy; General philosophy
The problem of induction, sometimes known as Hume’s problem, has to do with justifying a very basic sort of nondeductive inference. We often seem to infer from ...
perversion
Philosophy; General philosophy
In general, a perverse act is one that deviates from what is regarded as normal or proper. Typically perversion carries a pejorative tone—to say that something is perverse is ...
realism
Philosophy; General philosophy
In philosophy the term realism is used in a context of controversy in which the reality of objects of some category has been denied in some way, usually by claiming that the ...
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