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Does logic have a more proper word to mean something similar to dilemma but neutral?
So is dilemma a suitable word for that form or arguments?
You only need to look up dilemma in a dictionary. For example:
Dilemma [1515–1525] from Late Latin; from Greek: dílēmma, meaning "...
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Does logic have a more proper word to mean something similar to dilemma but neutral?
In logic, dilemma is the term commonly used for an argument form that proceeds from a disjunctive premise to a disjunctive conclusion. It is entirely neutral as to the desirability of the two ...
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What are the reasons some thoughts cannot be simplified, reduced to a simpler set or phrases?
The purpose of a language is to encode concepts or cognitive structures in a form that conveys those concepts or structures to others adequately. That last word — adequately — places a lower limit on ...
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What is a complete understanding?
For an attempt to a more philosophical answer, we may see: Jonathan Lear, Aristotle the desire to understand, (Cambridge UP, 1988), page 1:
Aristotle's Metaphysics begins [980a]:
"All men by ...
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What is a complete understanding?
Drawing inspiration from Divine Simplicity, take a dekko at the sentence below in a language that I invented:
"Smith barkhut isi love spanel."
You understand "Smith", a person. You ...
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What is a complete understanding?
complete (adj.) "having no deficiency, wanting no part or element;
perfect in kind or quality; finished, ended, concluded," from Old
French complet "full," or directly from Latin ...
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