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Cogency: Encyclopedia - Cogency
An argument is cogent if and only if the truth of the argument's premises would render the truth of the conclusion probable (i.e., the ar...
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Cogency: Encyclopedia Ii - Cogency - Good Argument
Good argument, as used by philosophers and many others, means simply a sound or cogent argument. If one has offered a sound or cogent arg...
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Explanation: Encyclopedia - Explanation
An explanation is a statement which points to causes, context and consequences of some object (or process, state of affairs etc.), togeth...
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Mathematical Notation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mathematical Notation - History
Mathematical notation - Counting.
It is believed that a mathematical notation was first developed at least 50,000 years ago in order to...
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Mathematical Notation: Encyclopedia Ii - Mathematical Notation - Precise Semantic Meaning
Precision is necessary so that we can know what we are investigating. Suppose that we have statements, denoted by some formal sequence of...
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