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A Must Have Book For Every Philosophy Student
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Theory-ladenness of observation

In the philosophy of science, the claim that there is no neutral observational language against which we can test our theories. As all observation is dependent upon theoretical interpretation, scientific…
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December 11, 2023
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Term

A word naming a category or class of things in a proposition or deductive argument. https://youtube.com/shorts/WNjYniPXtas?feature=share
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December 11, 2023
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Teleology

From the Greek telos, meaning “purpose,” the view that everything has an end, goal,function, or purpose. The explanation of phenomena in terms of their overall purpose—for example, animals have certain…
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December 11, 2023
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Teleological argument

An argument that attempts to prove God’s existence from the uniformity, or apparent design,of nature. Since the universe looks like it has been designed, and that which is designed has…
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December 11, 2023
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Tautology

A statement that is true in every possible circumstance; that is, it is true on every row of the truth table in the column under the (main) operator. https://youtube.com/shorts/rglZ891k1NA?feature=share
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December 11, 2023
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Tautological equivalence

Two statements are logically equivalent if they have the same truth values in all possible circumstances. It is never the case that one of the statements is true, while the…
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December 11, 2023
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Tautological consequence

A statement that follows from another statement (or statements) by means of the truth functional connectives; there is no truth table row on which the statement in question is false,while…
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December 10, 2023
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Tarski’s T-Schema

An adequacy condition for any definition of truth is that it implies conditionals of the form“‘p’ is true if and only if p” for every sentence of the language; some…
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December 10, 2023
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Tao (Dao)

In Confucianism, literally, the “Way.” In Taoism (Daoism), it is the underlying and ineffable“way” of nature or reality. https://youtube.com/shorts/816QfzNiAL4?feature=share
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December 10, 2023