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Dukkha

The Buddhist concept that expresses the “suffering” and “pain” of existence. https://youtube.com/shorts/cSABtJPIFkM?feature=share
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December 6, 2023
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Dutch Book Theorem

A Dutch Book is a combination of bets for which an individual is guaranteed to lose money regardless of the outcome. The Dutch Book Theorem states that such a combination…
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December 6, 2023
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Duhem-Quine Thesis

The claim that since physical theories are never tested in isolation and any experimental failure can always be accommodated by making adjustments among the auxiliary theories involved. It follows from…
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December 6, 2023
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Dualism

1) The view that mind and body are two ontologically distinct kinds of thing. 2) Mental states and bodily states are distinct kinds of thing with radically different properties. https://youtube.com/shorts/NhkdtbDkT38?feature=share
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December 6, 2023
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Dual aspect theory

The theory that mind and body are not two ontologically distinct kinds of thing, but instead are two aspects of the same substance. https://youtube.com/shorts/mvbrNGN94Gg?feature=share
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December 6, 2023
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Doubt

A demonstrable lack of certainty, rather than a mere psychological state. https://youtube.com/shorts/1H8D44Qn8v0?feature=share
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December 6, 2023
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Double effect, doctrine of

The view that there is a morally relevant distinction between the intended consequences of an action and their unintended (even if foreseeable) consequences. This allows greater scope for ethical action…
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December 6, 2023
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Domain of discourse

That set of objects over which a quantifier “ranges.” The scope of a quantifier “covers” the set of objects in the universe or more restricted universal classes, such as all…
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December 6, 2023
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Dolor

A utilitarian ethical theory’s name for a unit of pain or displeasure. (See also Hedon.) https://youtube.com/shorts/r_-S6rf807s?feature=share
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December 6, 2023