Absolute adjectives are words that describe qualities that cannot be intensified or compared. They represent a state that is either…
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of the mind and its processes. It investigates how we think, learn, perceive, and…
Explore supposition in medieval logic, understanding how expressions relate to objects. It's not always about literal reference but about the…
The Sorites paradox, or paradox of the heap, arises from vague predicates. It demonstrates how a chain of seemingly logical…
A sophisma is a puzzling or paradoxical question, historically used in medieval logic to expose fallacies and the intricacies of…
Sense refers to the inherent meaning or connotation of an expression, separate from what it points to (reference) or its…
Semantics is the study of meaning in language. It explores how words, phrases, sentences, and texts convey meaning and the…
Semantic value refers to the meaning or content of a linguistic expression. In logic, it specifically denotes the truth value…
The redundancy theory of truth posits that asserting a proposition is true is superfluous, adding no new information beyond the…
Nominalism posits that abstract concepts, general terms, and universals lack independent existence, serving merely as names or labels for collections…