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Indeterminism

The view that some events are not caused; often associated with positive accounts of freewill. https://youtube.com/shorts/W0S4F7nyupo?feature=share
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December 7, 2023
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Indeterminacy of translation

Thesis of Willard Van Orman Quine (1908-2000) stating that, in the context of radical translation (that is, translation based purely on observable behavior), it is possible to construct multiple translation…
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December 7, 2023
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Inconsistent

1) In formal logic, two sentences are inconsistent when they are not true on even one row of the truth table in the column under the (main) operator. 2) Incompatible,…
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December 7, 2023
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Incommensurability

Two scientific theories are incommensurable if there is no shared body of data or standards of evaluation by which to compare them—either because of non-overlapping domains of application, disagreement on…
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December 7, 2023
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Incoherent

That which does not fit together; that is, that which is not coherent. https://youtube.com/shorts/iK3tAh_mXqc?feature=share
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December 7, 2023
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Inclusive disjunction

In formal logic, a disjunction is inclusive, so the expression, “One or the other” includes“…or both.” Exclusivity must be explicitly noted, as in, “One or the other, but not both.”…
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December 7, 2023
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Impression

David Hume’s term for sensations or sense data. https://youtube.com/shorts/qBnnmg9AbH0?feature=share
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December 7, 2023
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Implication

In formal logic, “implication” is the name commonly given to the substitution of one of the statements for another, where the two are truth-functionally equivalent: ¬ P V Q ::…
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December 7, 2023
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Imperative

A command that prescribes how we should, or ought, to act. https://youtube.com/shorts/tbpt7TG0FPc?feature=share
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December 7, 2023