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identitas, "sameness") is the relation each thing bears only to itself. The notion of identity gives rise to many philosophical problems, including the identity...

object is presented. Since many commentators view the notion of sense as identical to the notion of concept, and Frege regards senses as the linguistic...

In philosophy, verisimilitude (or truthlikeness) is the notion that some propositions are closer to being true than other propositions. The problem of...

empirical systems to analyze social equality in practice. The contemporary notion of social equality was developed in the 20th century by political philosophers...

abstract ideas, truth and the history of philosophy. He is noted for his notion of aesthetic surfaces. Prall was born on 5 October 1886 in Saginaw, Michigan...

In the 1930s, several independent attempts were made to formalize the notion of computability: In 1933, Kurt Gödel, with Jacques Herbrand, formalized...

of a paradox, Plato's Euthydemus dialogue demonstrates the need for the notion of contradiction. In the ensuing dialogue, Dionysodorus denies the existence...

the things. Games, which Wittgenstein used as an example to explain the notion, have become the paradigmatic example of a group that is related by family...

da'at Torah) (Hebrew: דעת תורה, literally "opinion of Torah"), and the notion of rabbinic authority in this context is often extended beyond the confines...

Roger B. Myerson. Proper equilibrium further refines Reinhard Selten's notion of a trembling hand perfect equilibrium by assuming that more costly trembles...

universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature. The notion of an expanding universe was first scientifically originated by physicist...

fraction of a second. Timestamps do not have to be based on some absolute notion of time, however. They can have any epoch, can be relative to any arbitrary...

described as "edge-preserving bijection", in accordance with the general notion of isomorphism being a structure-preserving bijection. If an isomorphism...

In mathematics, orthogonality is the generalization of the geometric notion of perpendicularity. Whereas perpendicular is typically followed by to when...

lack characterization according to Quine. The notion of the second form of analyticity leans on the notion of synonymy, which Quine believes is in as much...

geographical area sharing cultural and economic ties with the Chinese people. The notion contains a "great deal of ambiguity in its geographical coverage and politico-economic...

practices, and techniques, it has been significantly developed as a central notion in contemporary popular spirituality, including the New Age movement. Johann...

Discourse is a generalization of the notion of a conversation to any form of communication. Discourse is a major topic in social theory, with work spanning...

centrifuged solid phase is also called the supernate or supernatant. The notion of precipitation can also be extended to other domains of chemistry (organic...

diagnosis of nihilism as a widespread phenomenon of Western culture. Though the notion appears frequently throughout Nietzsche's work, he uses the term in a variety...