secern |
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to discriminate in thought.
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alethiology |
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the branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
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agnoiology |
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(arch.) the philosophical study of human ignorance.
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haecceity |
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that which makes something uniquely what it is.
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quiddity |
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the essential nature of a thing; a distinction
subtle to the point of insignificance.
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compossible |
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consistent.
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antinomy |
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a contradiction between two laws, or between
two statements arrived at through logical
reasoning.
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elenchus |
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a logical refutation, particularly by reducing
to a contradiction; a false refutation.
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porism |
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"(Math.) a form of proposition among the
Greeks which has been variously defined,
esp. a proposition affirming the possibility
of finding such conditions as will render a
certain problem indeterminate, or capable of
innumerable solutions."
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misology |
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a distrust or dislike of reasoning.
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organon |
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a system of principles for philosophical
investigation; an instrument of thought.
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omphaloskepsis |
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navel-gazing.
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