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  2. Quine–Putnam indispensability argument - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, if an entity is dispensable to a theory, an equivalent theory can be formulated without it. [27] This is the case, for example, if each sentence in one theory is a paraphrase of a sentence in another or if the two theories predict the same empirical observations.

  3. Theory of indispensable attributes - Wikipedia

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    The theory of indispensable attributes (TIA) is a theory in the context of perceptual organisation which asks for the functional units and elementary features that are relevant for a perceptual system in the constitution of perceptual objects.

  4. Explanatory indispensability argument - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical objects play an indispensable explanatory role in science. Therefore, we ought rationally to believe in the existence of mathematical objects. The argument is premised on the idea that inference to the best explanation, which is often used to justify theoretical entities such as electrons, can provide a similar kind of support for ...

  5. Difference (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Gottfried Leibniz's Principle of the identity of indiscernibles states that two things are identical if and only if they share the same and only the same properties. This is a principle which defines identity rather than difference, although it established the tradition in logic and analytical philosophy of conceiving of identity and difference as oppositional.

  6. Lorne Michaels Said ‘SNL’ Is ‘Nonpartisan’ and ‘You Can’t Be ...

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    Lorne Michaels Said ‘SNL’ Is ‘Nonpartisan’ and ‘You Can’t Be Samantha Bee.’ She Now Claps Back: He’s ‘Built a Career Out of Elevating the Loudest Guy in the Room’

  7. 5 details you missed from the 'Saturday Night Live' 50th ...

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    Taran Killam, Ana Gasteyer, John Mulaney, Kristen Wiig, Kenan Thompson, Paul Davidson, Maya Rudolph, Will Forte, and Jason Sudeikis perform during the "SNL50" live special.

  8. Law of identity - Wikipedia

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    But this permission is limited by two indispensable conditions, first, that from the sense once conventionally established we never, in the same process of reasoning, depart; secondly, that the laws by which the process is conducted be founded exclusively upon the above fixed sense or meaning of the symbols employed.

  9. The Most (& Least) Expensive States for Long-Term Care ...

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    Long-term care costs over time. The line graph below shows how the national monthly costs for assisted living, memory care, and independent living have changed over the past five years.