defeasibility
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defeasibility — noun see defeasible … New Collegiate Dictionary
defeasibility — noun State or instance of being defeasible … Wiktionary
defeasibility — defeasibilˈity noun • • • Main Entry: ↑defeasance … Useful english dictionary
Defeasible reasoning — is a kind of reasoning that is based on reasons that are defeasible, as opposed to the indefeasible reasons of deductive logic. Defeasible reasoning is a particular kind of non demonstrative reasoning, where the reasoning does not produce a full … Wikipedia
Gettier problem — A Gettier problem is a problem in modern epistemology issuing from counter examples to the definition of knowledge as justified true belief (JTB). The problem owes its name to a three page paper published in 1963, by Edmund Gettier, called Is… … Wikipedia
defeasible — adjective Date: 15th century capable of being annulled or made void < a defeasible claim > • defeasibility noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Epistemology — (from Greek επιστήμη episteme , knowledge + λόγος , logos ) or theory of knowledge is a branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope (limitations) of knowledge. [Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Volume 3, 1967, Macmillan, Inc.] The term… … Wikipedia
Guilt — Guilty redirects here. For other uses, see Guilty (disambiguation). Guilt is the state of being responsible for the commission of an offense.[1] It is also a cognitive or an emotional experience that occurs when a person realizes or believes… … Wikipedia
Philosophy of perception — The philosophy of perception concerns how mental processes and symbols depend on the world internal and external to the perceiver. Our perception of the external world begins with the senses, which lead us to generate empirical concepts… … Wikipedia
John McDowell — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = John McDowell in Paris, October 2007 name = John Henry McDowell birth = 1942 Boksburg, South Africa school tradition = Analytic… … Wikipedia
