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Communism

The political theory derived from Marx’s argument in favor of a class war that would result in publicly owned property and “each works and is supported according to his abilities…
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Coherence theory of truth

The theory that a statement or a belief is true if and only if it coheres with a specified system of statements or beliefs. https://youtube.com/shorts/nT7m_JHd2XQ?feature=share
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Coherence

Fitting together in a logical, orderly fashion. https://youtube.com/shorts/yIxfu3wVcW4?feature=share
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Cogito, ergo sum

Literally, “I think, therefore I am.” This is the certainty René Descartes establishes as the foundation of his system of philosophy and as the certain foundation for knowledge even in…
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December 4, 2023
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Cogent argument

An evaluation concept of inductive logic. An argument is cogent when it is strong and the premises are true. https://youtube.com/shorts/Hk7mp35xVsQ?feature=share
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Claim

A statement in an argument, typically the one to be proved. (See also Proposition and Statement.) https://youtube.com/shorts/mWovLzQhQHw?feature=share
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Civil rights

Rights determined by laws—such as constitutional rights. https://youtube.com/shorts/P_f-7zUBRIA?feature=share
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December 4, 2023
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Church-Turing Thesis

The Church-Turing Thesis states the extensional equivalence of several different methods of formalizing the notion of computability (for example, any general recursive function can be computed by a Turing Machine)…
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December 4, 2023
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Certainty

That which is beyond doubt, but not merely psychologically. Philosophical certainty involves finding no reasons for doubt. https://youtube.com/shorts/xUfPj_m2YUc?feature=share
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December 4, 2023