The epistemic constraint posits that all truths must be knowable. This philosophical principle is central to discussions in verificationism and…
The Epimenides paradox, also known as the liar paradox, arises from Epimenides' statement that all Cretans are liars. If true,…
An enthymeme is a rhetorical argument where a premise is deliberately left unstated. It relies on the audience's shared beliefs…
Entailment defines the logical connection where true premises guarantee a true conclusion. It's fundamental to deductive reasoning, ensuring that if…
An empty concept is an abstract idea that lacks any real-world representation or reference to existing objects or groups. It…
The dual of a truth-table involves swapping truth values. Connectives like conjunction and disjunction are dual. The dual of a…
The principle of double negation introduction states that for any proposition P, P implies the double negation of P (¬¬P).…
Double negation is the logical principle where applying negation twice to a statement returns the original statement. In classical logic,…
The domain of discourse is the set of all objects under consideration in a logical system. It defines the scope…
Distributive predication is a logical property where a predicate applies to each member of a subject class individually, not to…