New answers tagged definitions
1
vote
Can reason be precisely defined?
It is not immediately apparent what is meant by reason. So a robust definition is needed. Synthesising the answers here, it appears that logic is not necessarily employed. I accept the overarching ...
- 1,460
4
votes
Can reason be precisely defined?
By looking at the definitions of reason in Wikipedia and Britannica - as proposed by the initial comments - I find a contradiction (truth is missing in Britannica); to my understanding this ...
- 1,419
2
votes
Can reason be precisely defined?
If we identify reason as something which explains an event or action then reason can not be precisely defined especially in the human context.
For example - A person may fight with his wife because he ...
- 1,849
2
votes
Can reason be precisely defined?
Must reason be founded in logic?
You will have to make up your own mind about this.
Arguments are just the exhibit of reasons: Why do you bring an umbrella? Because the weather report says it is ...
- 6,211
2
votes
Can reason be precisely defined?
Very few words can be precisely defined, since they are all open to shades of interpretation which in turn can be dependent on the context in which they are used, so the answer to your headline ...
- 12.8k
3
votes
Accepted
Can reason be precisely defined?
Kant in his “Critique of Pure Reason” (CpR) discriminates between on one hand mind (= Verstand), and on the other hand reason (= Vernunft). Of course, both human capabilities to think rely on logic.
...
- 23.7k
3
votes
Can reason be precisely defined?
From personal experience, these are the concepts that fit the best with most documentation:
Knowledge is a model of the world. See some types of knowledge. Knowledge will always be incomplete and ...
- 6,831
1
vote
Can a definition be true/false?
I think the core of this kind of question is in what's meant by True or False, and the nature of definitions. I wanted to come at this in a more concrete way and in laymans terms, though some of the ...
- 111
0
votes
Can a definition be true/false?
Can a definition be true/false?
A definition of something in the real world can be accurate or inaccurate. I suppose that a definition can be so far off the mark that it is fair to call it false. This ...
- 6,110
3
votes
Can a definition be true/false?
Strictly speaking, a definition is an axiom involving a new term that makes a conservative extension of the underlying formalism. What that means is that any statement that can be proven in the ...
- 147
1
vote
Can a definition be true/false?
There are many kinds of definition. Verbal definition e.g. as found in laughing or crying , textual definition e.g. Hindi or English , visual definition e.g. symbolic language for deaf , odour ...
- 1,849
0
votes
Can a definition be true/false?
Logic is the formal expression of the rules of thinking. Logic is circular; that is, all rules that validate Logic are logical rules, then, Logic validates itself by using logic. When we say Logic is ...
- 6,831
3
votes
Can a definition be true/false?
I will try to put the content in the excellent answers above in a concise form. A definition of a symbol can be one of two things:
A list of meanings that the symbol is commonly used to represent.
A ...
- 12.8k
1
vote
Accepted
Can a definition be true/false?
x = 2
x + 4 = 6 means x = 2
What's the difference, if any, between 1 and 2?
The expression "x + 4 = 6" does not mean x = 2. It asserts the equation x + 4 = 6, so it means that it is true ...
- 6,211
1
vote
Can a definition be true/false?
Definitions cannot be true or false. The meaning of a word is its use in language, and definitions will reflect that shared understanding to greater or lesser degrees.
However, in some domains, there ...
- 213
-2
votes
Can a definition be true/false?
Yes.
To the extent that a definition is a statement of fact about a thing, and that such a statement may be either true or false, it stands to reason that a definition may be true or false.
Example of ...
- 132
6
votes
Can a definition be true/false?
The Stanford Encyclopedia lists several different kinds of definition, so it worth distinguishing some of them.
A dictionary definition aims to give the meaning of a word to speakers of the language. ...
- 22.7k
3
votes
Can a definition be true/false?
A definition means basically giving a name to the thing described in it. A definition is neither true nor false, it is more like an opinion: I would like to call that thing by this name.
The thing ...
- 1,951
5
votes
Can a definition be true/false?
First, we can reformulate definition statements as truth-apt assertions about how a word is used: "I stipulate that unicorn refers to usually-pink-or-white goat/horse-like animals with one horn ...
- 12.2k
Top 50 recent answers are included