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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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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

Socrates’ (c. 470-399 BC) method of creating a critical question-answer dialogue to arrive at the truth of the meanings of ethical and other concepts. The “Socratic” method is known exclusively…