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Autonomy

From the Greek words for “self” and “law,” self-legislation, or the ability to freely determine one’s life. https://youtube.com/shorts/YnnWDlFeXtY?feature=share
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Attribute

A property, either essential or inessential. https://youtube.com/shorts/PfF0tXTyOmE?feature=share
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Atomic sentence

In formal logic, the most basic sentence corresponding to the simplest sentence in ordinary language. An atomic sentence consists of a predicate and the relevant arity. https://youtube.com/shorts/B5RhkwKKk8M?feature=share
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Atman

The Hindu term for one’s essence, soul, or true self. https://youtube.com/shorts/K5GCCzY6irg?feature=share
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Assumptive proof

A nested proof—that is, a proof that occurs within a larger proof sequence. (See also Subproof.) https://youtube.com/shorts/1a3bbVukq6U?feature=share
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Assumption

1) In an argument, that which is taken for granted so that the argument may proceed. 2) An unproven assertion taken as true. https://youtube.com/shorts/uC7CtAMicSE?feature=share
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Association of ideas

In empiricist thought, ideas are associated through experience; a theory of how mental representations are connected. https://youtube.com/shorts/WCNQ3wfemp0?feature=share
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Assertion

A stated position or declaration. Without reasons to support it, an assertion is merely an opinion. Any claim that is either true or false. (See also Statement.) https://youtube.com/shorts/ywCIRa7fQ1I?feature=share
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