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  • 31To hold water — Hold Hold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Held}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Holding}. {Holden}, p. p., is obs. in elegant writing, though still used in legal language.] [OE. haldan, D. houden, OHG. hoten, Icel. halda, Dan. holde, Sw. h[*a]lla, Goth. haldan to feed,… …

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  • 32Lazy argument — Argument The lazy argument (ἀργὸς λόγος) is an attempt at undermining doctrines of fate. The argument relies on a deterministic system (such as of the Stoics). It runs as such: why should we bother making decisions if the outcome is already… …

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  • 33Ontological argument — The ontological argument for the existence of God (or simply ontological argument) is an a priori proof for the existence of God. The ontological argument was first proposed by the eleventh century monk Anselm of Canterbury, who defined God as… …

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  • 34Teleological argument — A teleological or design argument[1][2][3] is an argument for the existence of God. The argument is based on an interpretation of teleology wherein purpose and intelligent design appear to exist in Nature beyond the scope of any such human… …

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  • 35Transcendental argument for the non-existence of God — The Transcendental Argument for the Non existence of God (also called TANG) was first proposed by Michael Martin in a 1996 article in New Zealand Rationalist Humanist . [http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/michael martin/martin… …

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  • 36Open Question Argument — The Open Question Argument is a philosophical argument put forward by British philosopher G. E. Moore in §13 of Principia Ethica (1903), to refute the equating of the property good with some non moral property, whether naturalistic (e.g.… …

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  • 37Slingshot argument — In logic, a slingshot argument is one of a group of arguments claiming to show that all true sentences stand for the same thing.This type of argument was dubbed the slingshot by philosophers Jon Barwise and John Perry (1981) due to its disarming… …

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  • 38Bucket argument — Isaac Newton s rotating bucket argument (also known as Newton s bucket ) was designed to demonstrate that true rotational motion cannot be defined as the relative rotation of the body with respect to the immediately surrounding bodies. It is one… …

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  • 39Journey to Rooted Hold — Infobox VG| title = Journey to Rooted Hold developer = Caravel Games publisher = Caravel Games designer = Erik Hermansen released = 2005 genre = Puzzle modes = Single player, Editor ratings = platforms = PC Windows, Linux, Mac OS X media = CD,… …

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  • 40grand illusion argument —    The term grand illusion argument refers to a form of philosophical scepticism that questions the nature of our perceptual experience. It is distinguished from the classical scepticism of philosophers such as Pyrrho of Elis (c. 360 c. 270 Bc)… …

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