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Cause

That which brings something about. That which explains a happening. https://youtube.com/shorts/ludNRqm-OLk?feature=share
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December 4, 2023
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Causation (or causality)

One event (cause) brings about another event (effect). Causes and effects are considered lawlike natural events https://youtube.com/shorts/lnczRqSkCgo?feature=share
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December 4, 2023
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Causal interactionism

The theory of mind that mind and body causally interact: mental events cause bodily events, and vice versa. https://youtube.com/shorts/2yd0pzNO4Q0?feature=share
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December 4, 2023
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Category mistake

An error of reasoning based on placing an entity in the wrong ontological or semantic category; Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976) famously argued that the metaphysical distinction between the mind and body…
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December 4, 2023
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Categories

1) Aristotle’s four-fold classification system of language and ontology. 2) Kant’s term, which he took from Aristotle, for the basic and a priori concepts that structure human knowledge. https://youtube.com/shorts/AM-dTf2DPv4?feature=share
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December 4, 2023
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Categorical syllogism

A syllogism consisting entirely of categorical claims; three terms (categories) each appear twice. https://youtube.com/shorts/Bff7kbls-Lw?feature=share
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Categorical proposition

An assertion relating two classes of object: universal affirmative (All S are P), universal negative (No S are P), particular affirmative (Some S are P), and particular negative (Some S…
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Categorical Logic

A deductive system of logic first established by Aristotle, which studies the relations between categories of things. https://youtube.com/shorts/1SZRoRDyOnk?feature=share
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December 4, 2023