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  2. Doubt - Wikipedia

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    Doubt is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory propositions, and is uncertain about them. [1] [better source needed] Doubt on an emotional level is indecision between belief and disbelief.

  3. Bad debt - Wikipedia

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    Section 166 limits the amount of the deduction. There must be an amount of tax capital, or basis, in question to be recovered. In other words, there is an adjusted basis for determining a gain or loss for the debt in question. An additional factor in applying the criteria is the classification of the debt (non-business of business). [11]

  4. List of military slang terms - Wikipedia

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    Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical G.I.s ridiculing the Army's penchant for acronyms. [6] Private Snafu is the title character of a series of military instructional films, most of which were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, Philip D. Eastman, and Munro Leaf. [7]

  5. Argument from authority - Wikipedia

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    In other words, it is logically invalid to prove a claim is true simply because an authority has said it. The explanation is: authorities can be wrong, and the only way of logically proving a claim is providing real evidence or a valid logical deduction of the claim from the evidence.

  6. Skepticism - Wikipedia

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    Skepticism, also spelled scepticism in British English, is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. [1] For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the person doubts that these claims are accurate.

  7. Questionable cause - Wikipedia

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    In other words, it is a fallacy of reaching a conclusion that one thing caused another, simply because they are regularly associated. Questionable cause can be logically reduced to: "A is regularly associated with B; therefore, A causes B." [1] For example: "Every time I score an A on the test its a sunny day.

  8. Adiaphora - Wikipedia

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    In this framework, the elements of worship have included praise (the words and manner of music), prayer, preaching and teaching from the Bible, the taking of vows, and the two sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, while the circumstances of worship have included the building and its necessary furniture and the time of day for worship.

  9. Dubitante - Wikipedia

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    What the proper solution may be should in my view be left for another day." Lesley v. Chie , 250 F.3d 47 , 56 n.10 (1st Cir. 2001) ("Thus, without using the burden-shifting model, we simply assume dubitante that the evidence Lesley has put forward is sufficient to require us to consider Dr. Chie’s reasons for his referral.").