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December 2023

Immediate inference I

Immediate inference

An inference from one statement to another. In categorical logic, immediate inferences are made “around” the square of opposition. Other immediate inferences in categorical logic are conversion, obversion, and contraposition.…
Philosophy Student
December 7, 2023
Immanent I

Immanent

Inherent or operating within nature or physical reality. (See also Transcendent.) https://youtube.com/shorts/T2KkG-_JSnY?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 7, 2023
Identity theory I

Identity theory

The thesis that the mind and brain are ontologically one and the same or, more accurately,that mental states and events are in fact certain brain and nervous system processes. The…
Philosophy Student
December 7, 2023
Idea I

Idea

The mental object immediately presented to the mind; according to representational theories of perception, we are only ever directly acquainted with ideas which represent external objects. In Plato, another term…
Philosophy Student
December 7, 2023
Hypothesis H

Hypothesis

A provisional conclusion accepted as most probable in the light of the known facts ortentatively adopted as a basis for analysis. https://youtube.com/shorts/vekXEYnmg04?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 7, 2023