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A moral term, often contrasted with “should.” As such, it is obligatory, rather than suggestive. https://youtube.com/shorts/68M1POCs5PA?feature=share

A hypothetical situation from which individuals are best positioned to make decisions about the principles of justice that will constitute a fair society. According to John Rawls (1921-2002), this will…

A negative categorical claim that asserts at least one member of the subject class is excluded from the predicate class. (See also Categorical proposition.) https://youtube.com/shorts/7nM3hq5pwGU?feature=share

The meaning of expression (words) in everyday use (as opposed to words coined or defined for technical philosophical purposes). https://youtube.com/shorts/G-Aamz1bSmg?feature=share

The study of being; that part of metaphysics addressing such questions as What is there? and What it is to be? https://youtube.com/shorts/PVXsqH1Wfa4?feature=share

Literally, “all-powerful.” https://youtube.com/shorts/-qM4UlYKC2Q?feature=share

A methodological principle of parsimony, which states that the simplest theory is probably best. There is, however, no philosophical consensus on what constitutes simplicity (forexample, number of posited entities versus…

An immediate inference in which the proposition’s quality is changed and the predicate is replaced with its complement. (See also Categorical proposition, Complement, and Quality.) Obversion is valid for all…

That which is binding, as in a duty https://youtube.com/shorts/QD9AVHMyssE?feature=share