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Cosmology

The study of the origins and development of the universe. https://youtube.com/shorts/TTvyoo-gplQ?feature=share
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December 6, 2023
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Cosmological argument

An argument that God exists because there must have been a first cause—that is, an ultimate reason for the universe. https://youtube.com/shorts/nZfxGWFCvyU?feature=share
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December 6, 2023
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Conversion by limitation

A two-step inference involving the subalternation from the A-proposition to its corresponding I-proposition and then converting the result. Conversion by limitation is a valid inference only for the A-proposition on…
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December 6, 2023
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Conversion

An immediate inference made by exchanging the subject and predicate terms of a categorical proposition. Conversion is a valid inference when the resulting proposition is equivalent to the original. As…
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December 6, 2023
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Contraries

A pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true but can be simultaneously false. In categorical logic, A- and E-propositions are contraries. If one is true, the other must…
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December 6, 2023
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Contraposition by limitation

A two-step inference involving the subalternation from the E-proposition to its corresponding O-proposition and then contraposing the result. Contraposition by limitation is a valid inference only for the E-proposition on…
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December 6, 2023
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Contraposition

An immediate inference made by exchanging the subject and predicate terms of a categorical proposition, and then adding the complement to the subject and predicate terms. Contraposition is a valid…
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Contradictories

Two statements that cannot be simultaneously true or simultaneously false. In categorical logic, the A-proposition and O-proposition are contradictories, and the E- and I-propositions are contradictories. (See also A-proposition, O-proposition,…
Philosophy Student
December 6, 2023