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Some Words from Philosophy

Metaphysics more

Intangible things, beyond the physical experience.

Tautology more

A re-iteration, a statement that is true in itself.

Proportion

A statement that is meaningful: A cat on the mat or I’m thinking of a Dragon

Verification Principle

To verify a statement is meaningful see A J Ayer

Universalisability

To apply something to everyone, how far can it be universalised?

(Philosophical) scepticism

a priori more

before or without experience: Maths, logic, geometry

a posteriori more

Knowledge from experience

Epistemology more

The theory of knowledge, what do we know and how do we know it?

Sense data

All experience that comes from the senses.

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  1. [...] the Falsification Principle. This is that the hypothesis needs testing to find whether, like the Verification Principle, it can be shown true or false. A science based approach is used. Flew suggests that our two [...]

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