December 2023

The principle that every event has an explanation. https://youtube.com/shorts/5ElqBnnwa_Y?feature=share

The rule that nature is uniform—that is, that the future will resemble the past. https://youtube.com/shorts/3H8Pk0Gkit0?feature=share

The principle whereby the utterances of a speaker (usually of an unknown language) are interpreted so as to accommodate assumptions about the speaker’s erroneous beliefs;contrasted with the more demanding Principle…

The principle that each person is equal to every other person and, as such, should be treated equally. https://youtube.com/shorts/si2J2_uejbI?feature=share

The principle that each person’s freedom is equal to every other person’s freedom. https://youtube.com/shorts/4z5ROzCdknE?feature=share

The principle whereby the utterances of a speaker (usually of an unknown language) are interpreted so as to maximize the overall truth of what they say; contrasted with the more…

Also known as the Unmoved Mover or First Mover, Aristotle’s (385-323 BC) term for that which is responsible for all change in the universe but which does not itself change.…

Those qualities that inhere in, or are inextricable from, their object. https://youtube.com/shorts/7N5v1v0udVI?feature=share

“On the face of it,” or that which is ostensibly the case at first glance. https://youtube.com/shorts/7hkRCXlT4Ys?feature=share

The requirement for a statement to have a truth value; that is, to be a claim. Also: that which is presupposed. https://youtube.com/shorts/T2VwFpbGPWw?feature=share