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Logic
Of or relating to valid reasoning or the study of modes of reasoning.
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counterexample
Philosophy; Logic
A counterexample is an example that runs counter to (opposes) a generalization, thus falsifying it. A TV newscast that limited its coverage of "mayhem and misery" (in Bob Inman's phrase) would ...
argument from analogy
Philosophy; Logic
An argument from analogy is an argument that has the following form: : All P are like Q : Q has such-and-such characteristic. : Thus P has such-and-such characteristic. Thus, for example, a few ...
conditionals
Philosophy; Logic
A conditional is a kind of statement that is made out of two others. The normal form of the statement is "If P then Q." P is the antecendt and Q the consequent. "If P, Q" and "Q, if P" are stylistic ...
doxastic
Philosophy; Logic
Doxastic states are states having to do with beliefs. If I have the belief that p, I am in the doxastic state of believing that p. A consideration is doxically relevant if it is relevant to one's ...
