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Pre-Socratics

Ancient Greek thinkers living and working before, and/or contemporaneously with, Socrates(died 399 BC). https://youtube.com/shorts/FL1vVOMK1iM?feature=share
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Premise

The statement that supports or provides a reason to believe the conclusion of an argument.The premises begin the argument. https://youtube.com/shorts/8xvE33kCrGk?feature=share
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Predicate

A property of an object or a relation between objects; that which is asserted or denied of athing. https://youtube.com/shorts/7M9Gx4c7CgY?feature=share
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Pragmatism

A philosophy, originating with Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914), and developed by William James (1842-1910) and John Dewey (1859-1952), holding that epistemological and metaphysical claims are best evaluated in terms of…
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Pragmatic theory of truth

A statement is true if it works—that is, if it yields a result satisfactory in practice. (See alsoPragmatism.) https://youtube.com/shorts/Gl6wr0Nlt1w?feature=share
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Possible world

A semantic device for evaluating modal discourse, whereby claims of possibility are made true by what happens at other (accessible) possible worlds. The utility of the semantics leads some philosophers…
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Positive right

An entitlement to something. That which obligates another to do or provide something for the holder of a positive right, so that this individual may pursue their interests. https://youtube.com/shorts/a8FTvDXbVnI?feature=share
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December 9, 2023