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(logic) Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.
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rarely in Middle High German
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(philosophy) A rule or precept, especially one of the list of rules laid down by Pythagoras.
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(logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
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(philosophy, rare) An apodictic proposition; a non-mathematical axiom.
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(archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
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(countable, very rare) An apodictic assertion or pronouncement; a strong, unwarranted claim.
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Involving a declaration, statement, or proposition.
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A hypothetical viewpoint from which certain objective truths can be perfectly perceived, or from which one may reliably start a chain of reasoning.
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(philosophy) A form of metaphysical optimism in which the state of affairs actually obtains which is the one most favourable (of all possible states of affairs) to the development of intelligence and the interests of intelligent beings.
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An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
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A set of axioms or axiom schemata from which theorems can be derived.
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(mathematics) Relating to or containing axioms. [from 19th c.]
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Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
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The characteristic of being axiomatic
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The reduction of some system or concept to a set of axioms.
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(sciences, philosophy) To deem as fact without proof; To deem self-evident.
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Resembling or characteristic of an axiom.
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Using or relating to comparativism.
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(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
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(philosophy, uncountable) A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.
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Alternative form of dialetheism [(logic) The theory that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense. The opposite of the law of noncontradiction.]
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(dated) logical direction; definition
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(linguistics) (Of a language variety) using a non-local form as the standard or norm.
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An ontology with a structure that is guided and defined through axioms.
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(computing) One of several alternative computational paradigms for a given theory.
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The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
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The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
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An overall explanation of phenomena in a particular discipline or realm of experience such as economics, sociology, or history.
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The study of heuristic methods and principles.
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(philosophy) The thing implied.
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(logic) Of, or relating to logical induction.
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Of, pertaining to, or derived using inference.
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(mathematics) An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids proof by contradiction, and which requires that, in order to prove that something exists, one must construct it.
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A presumptive concept necessary for rational deduction or conceptualization.
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(logic) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
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Based upon the concept of an object
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(philosophy) Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination.
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(philosophy) A philosophical statement, theorem or axiom.
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(philosophy) The thesis or contention that a private language cannot exist.
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(philosophy) A relational mental state connecting a person to a proposition, such as believing that, desiring that, or hoping that.
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(cognitive science, psychology) A theory of categorization in cognitive science, particularly in psychology and cognitive linguistics.
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(philosophy) A problem that arises solely as a result of a misuse of language
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In the neo-Gricean semantics and pragmatics of Laurence R. Horn: a reformulation of Paul Grice's maxim of relation combined with the second submaxim of quantity and the third and fourth submaxims of manner, stating: "Say no more than you must (given Q)", and implying that there is no reason to make a stronger statement if the extra information can be contributed by implicature.
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Elaboration of theories by use of reason alone without appeal to experience, such as in mathematical systems.
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(obsolete) The class of subjects for study that rely upon logic and reasoning, as opposed to experimentation and observation.
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(psychology) A theory of group decision-making which explains group decisions as the result of a decision scheme on the initial distribution of attitudes in the group.
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A formal abstraction of a real-life system that omits less essential aspects of the system in order to make it amenable to scientific analysis.
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(sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language
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A grounding fact; a correspondance between the underlying truth and our ideas and constructions based on that truth.
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Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
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(Greek philosophy) Any of the ten arguments used in skepticism to refute dogmatism.
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(physics) Any of a number of axioms representing an attempt at a mathematically rigorous formulation of quantum field theory.
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(philosophy) Any of a set of philosophical problems generally thought to have been devised by the Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC) to support Parmenides' doctrine that, contrary to the evidence of one's senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion is nothing but an illusion.
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