inconsistent — adjective Date: 1620 lacking consistency: as a. not compatible with another fact or claim < inconsistent statements > b. containing incompatible elements < an inconsistent argument > c. incoherent or illogical in thought or actions ; changeable d … New Collegiate Dictionary
Fact — For other uses, see Fact (disambiguation). A fact (derived from the Latin Factum, see below) is something that has really occurred or is actually the case. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability, that is whether it can be shown… … Wikipedia
Inconsistent comparison — An inconsistent comparison is a misleading argument popular in advertising. For example, an advertisement might say product X is less expensive than product A, has better quality than product B, and has more features than product C . This is… … Wikipedia
Argument from inconsistent revelations — The argument from inconsistent revelations, also known as the avoiding the wrong hell problem , is an argument against the existence of God. It asserts that it is unlikely that God exists because many theologians and faithful adherents have… … Wikipedia
physical fact rule — The principle that the testimony of a witness which is physically impossible and unbelievable, being irreconcilable with, or contrary to, physical facts and common observation and experience, is to be striken or disregarded as being without… … Ballentine's law dictionary
surrender in fact — A surrender by tenant for life or years to the remainderman or reversioner, according to the apparent intent of the parties. Schieffelin v Carpenter (NY) 15 Wend 400, 405. The effect is to pass the estate of the tenant to the landlord,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Maximum parsimony — Maximum parsimony, often simply referred to as parsimony, is a non parametric statistical method commonly used in computational phylogenetics for estimating phylogenies. Under maximum parsimony, the preferred phylogenetic tree is the tree that… … Wikipedia
Racism and discrimination in Ukraine — Ukraine is a multiethnic and multicultural nationAndrew Wilson, Ukrainian Nationalism in the 1990s: A Minority Faith , Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 0521574579] Andrew Wilson, The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation , Yale University Press,… … Wikipedia
Kleene-Rosser paradox — In mathematics, the Kleene Rosser paradox is a paradox that shows Church s original lambda calculus is inconsistent. It is similar to Russell s paradox, in that it is a statement that asserts its own falsehood if and only if it is true; that is,… … Wikipedia
Gödel's incompleteness theorems — In mathematical logic, Gödel s incompleteness theorems, proved by Kurt Gödel in 1931, are two theorems stating inherent limitations of all but the most trivial formal systems for arithmetic of mathematical interest. The theorems are of… … Wikipedia
