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Stoicism

A philosophical system developed by ancient Greek thinkers that integrates metaphysics,epistemology, logic, and ethics. The basic Stoic view is that nature is (providentially) deterministic but that we can achieve happiness…
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December 10, 2023
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Statement

A sentence that is true or false; that is, a sentence that has a truth value. In formal logic, anatomic statement is constituted by a predicate and at least one…
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State of nature

A hypothetical situation prior to the creation of any political organization, it is used as a framework to discuss the existence of natural rights, the benefits of political organization, and…
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Standard form

1) The organization of a categorical proposition: Quantifier, subject term, copula, and predicate term. (See also Categorical proposition.) 2) The organization of an argument,where the premises are listed, one on…
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Square of opposition

1) In Aristotelian or traditional categorical logic, immediate inferences are made “around” the square of opposition: Contraries, Subcontraries, Contradictories, Subalternation, and Superalternation. 2) In modern categorical logic, immediate inferences are…
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Sovereign

Not subject or answer able to another (individual or state). https://youtube.com/shorts/riTjMmCIwn0?feature=share
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Sound

The evaluation term in deductive logic for an argument that is valid and whose premises are true. https://youtube.com/shorts/7uT0sbUPvTU?feature=share
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Sorites Paradox

Sometimes called the Paradox of the Heap, this is a paradox resulting from vague predicates.We all know what a heap of sand is. We all assume that removing a single…
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Sophists

Ancient Greek philosophers and teachers, living before and during the era of Socrates (c.470-399 BC), who taught logic and rhetoric for money; Plato (428/427-348/347 BC) accused them of obscuring rather…
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Soft determinism

The view that human freedom (in some sense) is compatible with determinism. (See alsoCompatibilism.) https://youtube.com/shorts/eZSiAlHH6sY?feature=share
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December 10, 2023