self-evident+proposition

  • 1self-evident proposition — index principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Self-evident — Self ev i*dent, a. Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self evident proposition or truth. {Self ev i*dent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Self-evidently — Self evident Self ev i*dent, a. Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self evident proposition or truth. {Self ev i*dent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Self-evidence — In epistemology (theory of knowledge), a self evident proposition is one that is known to be true by understanding its meaning without proof.Some epistemologists deny that any proposition can be self evident. For most others, the belief that… …

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  • 5Self-refuting idea — Self refuting ideas are ideas or statements whose falsehood is a logical consequence of the act or situation of holding them to be true. Many ideas are accused by their detractors of being self refuting, and such accusations are therefore almost… …

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  • 6proposition — Synonyms and related words: a priori principle, a priori truth, accost, advance, affair, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation, approach, apriorism, assertion, asseveration, assumed position, assumption, attempt,… …

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  • 7Knowledge — • Knowledge, being a primitive fact of consciousness, cannot, strictly speaking, be defined; but the direct and spontaneous consciousness of knowing may be made clearer by pointing out its essential and distinctive characteristics Catholic… …

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  • 8Idea — Plato, one of the first philosophers to discuss ideas in detail. For other uses, see Idea (disambiguation). In the most narrow sense, an idea is just whatever is before the mind when one thinks. Very often, ideas are construed as representational …

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  • 9principle — I (axiom) noun accepted belief, adage, admitted maxim, article of belief, article of faith, assertion, assurance, basic doctrine, basic law, basic rule, basic truth, belief, canon, conviction, credo, declaration of faith, decretum, doctrine,… …

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  • 10Idea — • The word was originally Greek, but passed without change into Latin. It seems first to have meant form, shape, or appearance, whence, by an easy transition, it acquired the connotation of nature, or kind Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

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