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Terms & Concepts

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Formal fallacy

An error in the structure or form of reasoning. The most common formal fallacies includeAffirming the Consequent and Denying the Antecedent. A formally fallacious argument is aninvalid one. https://youtube.com/shorts/WCgxcFur6hc?feature=share
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Assumption

1) In an argument, that which is taken for granted so that the argument may proceed. 2) An unproven assertion taken as true. https://youtube.com/shorts/uC7CtAMicSE?feature=share
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Unalienable rights

Those rights with which we were born; rights that cannot be taken away by another person,group, or government. https://youtube.com/shorts/cjLEiLTQDEY?feature=share
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General conditional proof
K
Karma
A
Areté
D
DeMorgan’s Laws
E
Epicureanism
P
Principle of humanity
R
Reflexive property
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Relativism
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Gettier problem
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