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“Mode of Denial,” the Latin name for the formal logic rule that allows the negation of the antecedent of a conditional claim from the denial of the consequent. Argument of…

Mode of affirmation,” the Latin name for the formal logic rule that allows the inference of the consequent of a conditional claim from the affirmation of the antecedent. Argument of…

A body of formal systems used to represent statements about necessity and possibility. https://youtube.com/shorts/YODGGnvnXn0?feature=share

A first-order logic sentence that consists of at least one universal quantifier and at least one existential quantifier. https://youtube.com/shorts/JopUHl69U3U?feature=share

The subject of the conclusion in a categorical syllogism. (See also Categorical syllogism and Standard form.) https://youtube.com/shorts/nEYWrDeIAE4?feature=share

In a standard-form categorical syllogism, the premise that contains the minor term. It is the premise that appears second in the syllogism. (See also Categorical syllogism and Standard form.) https://youtube.com/shorts/EFTZuM7B2SE?feature=share

In aesthetics, the modeling or representation of an object by a work of art. The mimetic theory of art dominated aesthetics from Plato and Aristotle, but was eventually challenged by…

Descartes’s procedure for uncovering certainty; or those principles that cannot be doubted or refuted. https://youtube.com/shorts/ADPIKQxOFFY?feature=share

An approach to addressing or solving a problem. https://youtube.com/shorts/rVo8xDtdyZo?feature=share

1) The branch of philosophy that studies reality and first principles. 2) Literally, “after (orbeyond) physics,” where “physics” is the transliteration of the Greek for “nature.” (See alsoOntology.) https://youtube.com/shorts/1H_9EdnmuEc?feature=share