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Philosophy; General philosophy
When a logical object, whether it's a propositional formula, constant (in first-order logic) or a possible world (in modal logic), belongs in a group of other objects, for ...
Alternative Denial
Philosophy; General philosophy
The alternative denial is a truth-functional operator in logic which is equivalent to the English wording “not both“ and”. It is used to deny a conjunction, stating that at least ...
Proposition
Philosophy; General philosophy
In logic, a proposition is any sentence that expresses something that is either true or false. For example, the following are all propositions: All penguins are birds The ...
Thinking
Philosophy; General philosophy
Hobbes called thinking "mental discourse" to distinguish it from speaking or "verbal discourse". This may seem a fairly obvious distinction but it raises the question "Where does ...
Transcendent/al
Philosophy; General philosophy
A term dating back to medieval thought used to refer to what lies entirely out of our experience and cognition. The concept relates to a somewhat mystical idea that the highest ...
Romanticism
Philosophy; General philosophy
The name given to a style of thinking which became popular in the 18th and 19th century. Its outlook is not as easily defined as most "isms", partly because it stresses the ...
Realism
Philosophy; General philosophy
A theory of knowledge that acknowledges a world of objects with an objective reality which we perceive when our senses interact with them. This opposes a viewpoint which claims ...
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