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Terms & Concepts

A

Appearance

That which seems to be; that which appears to the senses. Thinkers such as Plato and Kant distinguish between appearance and reality. https://youtube.com/shorts/ludIViryoRw?feature=share
L

Leibniz’s Law

Two principles regarding identity and indiscernibility; namely, if two objects are identical,then every property of one is a property of the other (the indiscernibility of identicals); and,conversely, if two objects…
I

Individual constant

In first-order logic, symbols stand for individually named things (object, person, place, time,and so on). An individual constant is assumed to denote one, and only one, thing. https://youtube.com/shorts/wHqv7vweUI4?feature=share
M
Mimesis
S
Strong argument
U
Underdetermination
P
Primary qualities
F
Functionalism
A
Analects
T
Theism
E
Eudaimonia
P
Prisoner’s Dilemma
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