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  2. Cosmological argument - Wikipedia

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    A cosmological argument can also sometimes be referred to as an argument from universal causation, an argument from first cause, the causal argument or the prime mover argument. The concept of causation is a principal underpinning idea in all cosmological arguments, particularly in affirming the necessity for a First Cause .

  3. Russell's teapot - Wikipedia

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    Russell's teapot is an analogy, formulated by the philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), to illustrate that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making empirically unfalsifiable claims, as opposed to shifting the burden of disproof to others. Russell specifically applied his analogy in the context of religion. [1]

  4. Philosophical views of Bertrand Russell - Wikipedia

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    Russell argued that this would make space, time, science and the concept of number not fully intelligible. Russell's logical work with Whitehead continued this project. [2] Russell and Moore were devoted to clarity in arguments by breaking down philosophical positions into their simplest components.

  5. Masked-man fallacy - Wikipedia

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    In philosophical logic, the masked-man fallacy (also known as the intensional fallacy or epistemic fallacy) [1] is committed when one makes an illicit use of Leibniz's law in an argument. Leibniz's law states that if A and B are the same object, then A and B are indiscernible (that is, they have all the same properties).

  6. Axiom of reducibility - Wikipedia

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    A function of several arguments is predicative if there is one of its arguments such that, when the other arguments have values assigned to them, we obtain a predicative function of the one undetermined argument." [10] They again propose the definition of a predicative function as one that does not violate The Theory of Logical Types. Indeed ...

  7. Theory of descriptions - Wikipedia

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    It is also known as Russell's theory of descriptions (commonly abbreviated as RTD). In short, Russell argued that the syntactic form of descriptions (phrases that took the form of "The flytrap" and "A flytrap") is misleading, as it does not correlate their logical and/or semantic architecture.

  8. 'I never fear confrontation': Why D'Angelo Russell shined in ...

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    D'Angelo Russell used criticism and doubt to fuel his 44-point performance in the Lakers' 123-122 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. 'I never fear confrontation': Why D'Angelo ...

  9. On Denoting - Wikipedia

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    "On Denoting" is an essay by Bertrand Russell.It was published in the philosophy journal Mind in 1905. In it, Russell introduces and advocates his theory of denoting phrases, according to which definite descriptions and other "denoting phrases ... never have any meaning in themselves, but every proposition in whose verbal expression they occur has a meaning."