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The fallacy of suppressed correlative is a type of argument that tries to redefine a correlative (one of two mutually exclusive options) so that one alternative encompasses the other, i.e. making one alternative impossible. [1] This has also been known as the fallacy of lost contrast [2] and the fallacy of the suppressed relative. [3]
Ontology is the philosophical study of being.It is traditionally understood as the subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features of reality.As one of the most fundamental concepts, being encompasses all of reality and every entity within it.
The occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden". [1] In common usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable", [2] usually referred to as science.
The field of recreational linguistics, an activity that encompasses a wide variety of word games and wordplay. The study of all aspects of science (the science of science) The study of words in search for divine truth. The study of logos. The part of linguistics that studies words. 5. lexicology loimology [134]
Stoics believe that all virtues are intertwined and that the perfect act encompasses all of them. Stoics often referred to these katorthōmata as kathēkonta which "possessed all the numbers" ( pantas apechon tous arithmous ), [ 6 ] a metaphor for perfection referring to all of the virtues being in harmony. [ 7 ]
Gestell (or sometimes Ge-stell) is a German word used by twentieth-century German philosopher Martin Heidegger to describe what lies behind or beneath modern technology. [1] Heidegger introduced the term in 1954 in The Question Concerning Technology , a text based on the lecture "The Framework" (" Das Gestell ") first presented on December 1 ...
Metaphysics encompasses a wide range of general and abstract topics. It investigates the nature of existence, the features all entities have in common, and their division into categories of being. An influential division is between particulars and universals. Particulars are individual unique entities, like a specific apple.
Non-science includes all areas of study that are not science. [1] Non-science encompasses all of the humanities, including: history, [1] [2] including the history of science, the language arts, such as literature and language learning, philosophy, ethics, and religion, and; art, including music, performing arts, fine arts, and crafts.