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  2. Concupiscence - Wikipedia

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    Concupiscence is an ardent longing, typically one that is sensual. [1] In Christianity, concupiscence is the tendency of humans to sin. [2] [3]

  3. Antecedent (behavioral psychology) - Wikipedia

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    When an organism perceives an antecedent stimulus, it behaves in a way that maximizes reinforcing consequences and minimizes punishing consequences. This might be part of complex, interpersonal communication. The definition of antecedent is a preceding event or a cause- in this case it is the event that causes the learned behavior to happen. [1]

  4. Antecedent - Wikipedia

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    Antecedent (behavioral psychology), the stimulus that occurs before a trained behavior; Antecedent (genealogy), antonym of descendant, genealogical predecessor in family line; Antecedent (logic), the first half of a hypothetical proposition; Antecedent moisture, in hydrology, the relative wetness condition of a catchment

  5. Affirming the consequent - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, affirming the consequent (also known as converse error, fallacy of the converse, or confusion of necessity and sufficiency) is a formal fallacy (or an invalid form of argument) that is committed when, in the context of an indicative conditional statement, it is stated that because the consequent is true, therefore the ...

  6. Three-term contingency - Wikipedia

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    The three-term contingency (also known as the ABC contingency) is a psychological model describing operant conditioning in three terms consisting of a behavior, its consequence, and the environmental context, as applied in contingency management.

  7. Modus ponens - Wikipedia

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    In propositional logic, modus ponens (/ ˈ m oʊ d ə s ˈ p oʊ n ɛ n z /; MP), also known as modus ponendo ponens (from Latin 'mode that by affirming affirms'), [1] implication elimination, or affirming the antecedent, [2] is a deductive argument form and rule of inference. [3] It can be summarized as "P implies Q. P is true. Therefore, Q ...

  8. Catholic hamartiology - Wikipedia

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    Hieronymus Bosch's The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things. Catholic hamartiology is a branch of Catholic thought that studies sin.According to the Catholic Church, sin is an "utterance, deed, or desire," [1] caused by concupiscence, [2] that offends God, reason, truth, and conscience. [3]

  9. Thomism - Wikipedia

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    Rather, he would say that an action is morally good if it fulfills God's antecedent will. [ 85 ] Of note is the principle of double effect , formulated in the Summa , II-II, Q.64, art.7, which is a justification of homicide in self-defense .