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Equivocation E

Equivocation

An informal fallacy constituted by a shift in the meaning of a term from one instance to another, which prompts an erroneous inference. (See also Ambiguity.) https://youtube.com/shorts/m5W52MwGQvg?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 6, 2023
E-proposition E

E-proposition

A universal negative categorical claim that asserts the subject and predicate classes are mutually exclusive of each other—that is, the subject class is excluded from the predicate class and vice…
Philosophy Student
December 6, 2023
Equality E

Equality

A social, political, governing, and philosophical principal that bars religion, race,sex, physical or mental abilities, wealth, social status, and so forth from being used as basesfor discrimination. https://youtube.com/shorts/YVZi0E0tf50?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 6, 2023
Epistemology E

Epistemology

The branch of philosophy concerned with the nature, limits, sources, and justifications of human knowledge. https://youtube.com/shorts/68M4peZrQOY?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 6, 2023
Epistemic closure E

Epistemic closure

Knowledge is closed (under entailment) if we know every proposition entailed by a known proposition. Epistemic closure is central to skepticism, since the truth of everyday facts entail that skepticism…
Philosophy Student
December 6, 2023
Epicureanism E

Epicureanism

Epicurus’s view that a life of moderate pleasures and the avoidance of pain (mentaldisturbance) is the goal of happy human existence. https://youtube.com/shorts/ObjH6Z7tsHQ?feature=share
Philosophy Student
December 6, 2023