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Affirmation (law) In law, an affirmation is a solemn declaration allowed to those who conscientiously object to taking an oath. An affirmation has exactly the same legal effect as an oath but is usually taken to avoid the religious implications of an oath; it is thus legally binding but not considered a religious oath.
Affirm Holdings, Inc. is an American financial technology company founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin in 2012. [2] It offers a buy now, pay later service for online and in-store shopping. Affirm tops the U.S. buy now, pay later sector, [3] [4] [5] reporting over 18 million users and US$20.2 billion annual GMV as of 2023. [6] [7] [8]
Affirming the consequent is the action of taking a true statement and invalidly concluding its converse . The name affirming the consequent derives from using the consequent, Q, of , to conclude the antecedent P. This fallacy can be summarized formally as or, alternatively, . [ 5]
Affirmation and negation. In linguistics and grammar, affirmation ( abbreviated AFF) and negation ( NEG) are ways in which grammar encodes positive and negative polarity into verb phrases, clauses, or other utterances. An affirmative (positive) form is used to express the validity or truth of a basic assertion, while a negative form expresses ...
The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia from 2006 established the principles of equality and the prohibition of discrimination on any grounds. It also allows affirmative action as "special measures" for certain marginalized groups, such as national minorities, by specifically excluding it from the legal definition of discrimination. [102]
The Bill of Rights in the National Archives. The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights.It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets requirements for issuing warrants: warrants must be issued by a judge or magistrate, justified by probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and must particularly describe the place to be ...
Nietzschean affirmation. Nietzschean affirmation ( German: Bejahung) is a concept that has been scholarly identified in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. An example used to describe the concept is a fragment in Nietzsche's The Will to Power : Suppose that we said yes to a single moment, then we have not only said yes to ourselves, but to ...
Psychology. Self-affirmation, the psychological process of re-affirming personal values to protect self-identity. Affirmations (New Age), the practice of positive thinking in New Age terminology. Affirmative prayer, a form of prayer that focuses on a positive outcome. Nietzschean affirmation, a philosophical concept according to which we create ...