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  • 101Baroko — Ba*ro ko, n. [A mnemonic word.] (Logic) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negatives. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 102Major — Ma jor, n. [F. major. See {Major}, a.] 1. (Mil.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A person of full age. [1913 Webster] 3. (Logic) That premise which… …

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  • 103sorites — noun (plural sorites) Etymology: Latin, from Greek sōritēs, from sōros heap Date: 1551 an argument consisting of propositions so arranged that the predicate of any one forms the subject of the next and the conclusion unites the subject of the… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 104Q.E.D. — This article is about the Latin phrase. For other uses, see QED (disambiguation). Q.E.D. is an initialism of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, which translates as which was to be demonstrated . The phrase is traditionally placed in its… …

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  • 105James Burton (1761–1837) — James Burton (1761 ndash;1837) was a builder and developer, responsible for large areas of Bloomsbury and the houses around Regent s Park in London. He later founded the new town of St Leonards on Sea, which is now part of the built up area of… …

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  • 106Quietism — • Doctrine which declares that man s highest perfection consists in a sort of psychical self annihilation and a consequent absorption of the soul into the Divine Essence even during the present life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 107ANALYTIC-SYNTHETIC DISTINCTION —    a distinction made by KANT between propositions; e.g. All unmarried women are spinsters which is true by definition and My car is red which depends on factual information. The first proposition is said to be ANALYTIC, the second SYNTHETIC.… …

    Concise dictionary of Religion

  • 108Series 5 Episode 5 (Spooks) — First aired in the UK at 10.25pm on 2 October 2006 on BBC Three. General airing in the UK was at 9pm 9 October 2006 on BBC One.Infobox Spooks episode episode name = Series 5, Episode 5 writer = Zinnie Harris director = Kenny Glenaan script editor …

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  • 109formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions. [1855 60] * * * Introduction       the abstract study of propositions, statements, or assertively used …

    Universalium

  • 110Spinoza: metaphysics and knowledge — G.H.R.Parkinson The philosophical writings of Spinoza are notoriously obscure, and they have been interpreted in many ways. Some interpreters see Spinoza as (in the words of a contemporary)1 ‘the reformer of the new [sc. Cartesian] philosophy’.… …

    History of philosophy