the science of pure reasoning, and a type of pure mathematical form
Tagged: Philosophy & Logic
the science of pure reasoning, and a type of pure mathematical form
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- Absolute — non-ephemeral, transcendently true
- Absolute Proof — 100% certainty for a given principle
- Analogy — the relationship between two things which are similar in many, though not in all, respects, the assumption that if two things are similar in one or more respects, they will be similar in others. Different structures…
- Belief — the act of human consciousness that makes a personal commitment to a proposition
- Derivative — to come from something else or be a copy of an original, related in the second instance
- Dimension — measurement in a single direction or vector, extent or scope of something
- Dualism — belief that the body is a machine and mind as consciousness only, without spirit
- Epistemology — study of how we know something, or knowledge system study
- Existence — to have real being, or being in the state of actuality
- Existentialism — notion that man is not part of a metaphysical system, that man must create his own reality
- Fiat — command, or decree, order
- Metaphysics — the science of being, the science of the fundamental causes and processes in things, a division of philosophy which includes ontology
- Original — first hand, not copied, a state of belonging to a beginning, something from which a copy can be made
- Practical Proof — less than 100% certainty, ie., 90- 99.999999...... +% certainty or plausibility
- Relative — a thing knowing a relation to or connection with or necessary dependence on another thing
- Theorem — a statement, susceptible to logical proof when certain facts are accepted
- Theory — organized body of ideas as to the truth of something, a general body of assumptions and principles
- Time — that entity which clocks measure, cause-effect related phenomena occur in it
- Timelessness — not limited by or affected by the passing of time
- Truth — the state or quality of being accurate, in agreement with fact, not falsifiable
- Value — something intrinsically desirable
- a posteriori — judgments and principles based on inductive reasoning (from effect to cause).
- a priori — judgments and principles valid without reference to sense impressions, proceeding from cause to effect, based on deductive reasoning
Related Across the Site
- Absolute Terminology — non-ephemeral, transcendently true
- Absolute Proof Terminology — 100% certainty for a given principle
- Analogy Terminology — the relationship between two things which are similar in many, though not in all, respects, the assumption that if two things are similar in one or more respects, they will be similar in others. Different structures…
- Belief Terminology — the act of human consciousness that makes a personal commitment to a proposition
- Derivative Terminology — to come from something else or be a copy of an original, related in the second instance
- Dimension Terminology — measurement in a single direction or vector, extent or scope of something
- a posteriori Terminology — judgments and principles based on inductive reasoning (from effect to cause).
- a priori Terminology — judgments and principles valid without reference to sense impressions, proceeding from cause to effect, based on deductive reasoning
Provenance
From the legacy CCWV definitions list, carried into the database as an entry of its own. Spelling of headwords is corrected, and where a legacy definition stated one tradition's judgment as the definition itself, the judgment is now attributed to that tradition.