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1. A, n. View full entry 1551
...Logic. Esp. in syllogistic logic: (used to denote) a universal affirmative, i.e. a proposition of the form ‘All X are Y’....
2. A, n. View full entry 1569
...Chiefly Logic and Law. A hypothetical person, thing, or example, usually the first of two or more....
3. abduce, v. View full entry 1939
...trans. Chiefly Philos. Originally with reference to the writings of C. S. Peirce: to form or infer (a hypothesis or explanation) by a process of abduction. See abduction...
4. abduction, n. View full entry 1656
...Logic. A syllogism of which the major premise is certain and the minor only probable, so that the conclusion has only the probability of the minor. Cf. apagoge Now...
5. abduction, n. View full entry c1901
...Chiefly Philos. Originally in the writings of C. S. Peirce (U.S. philosopher and logician, 18391914): the formation or adoption of a plausible but unproven explanation for an...
6. abductive, adj. View full entry 1902
...Chiefly Philos. Originally in the writings of C. S. Peirce: (of reasoning, etc.) characterized by a process of abduction (abduction3b)....
7. abolla, n. View full entry 1700
...In the ancient Roman world: a kind of thick cloak, worn by peasants, soldiers, and others (and, as an affectation, by philosophers)....
8. aboutness, n. View full entry 1906
...The quality or fact of relating to or being about something; Philos. (of a mental state, symbol, representation, etc.) the property of being about something (existent or non-existent); cf. ...
9. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1599
...orig. Logic and Philos. Of a term, or the concept to which it refers: not involving or implying relation; not dependent for meaning or significance on a relationship...
10. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1588
...Logic. Of a proposition, etc.: not dependent or conditional on any other proposition, etc.; axiomatic....
11. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1599
...orig. Logic and Philos. A term or concept which is not dependent for meaning or significance on a relationship with another term or concept. Cf. sense A....
12. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1818
...With the. That which exists without relation to or dependency on any other being; that which is capable of being thought or conceived of by itself alone....
13. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1836
...As a count noun....
14. absolute idealism in absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1828
...any of various views according to which the only true reality is the Absolute and that the objects of human knowledge are ideas of a universal mind or forms in which the...
15. absolutely, adv. and int. View full entry c1450
...In a manner detached from other things; without reference to, consideration of, or dependence upon anything external, circumstantial, or accidental....
16. absolutism, n. View full entry 1859
...Philos. The philosophical doctrine of the Absolute, which holds that an objective, unconditioned, and universal reality underlies the objects of perception (cf. idealism1)....
17. absolutist, n. and adj. View full entry 1849
...Philos. A person who advocates the philosophical doctrine of absolutism (absolutism4). Also in extended use (see quot. 1896)....
18. absolutist, n. and adj. View full entry 1897
...Philos. Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of absolutism....
19. absolutistic, adj. View full entry 1841
...Of or relating to absolutism (in various senses); = absolutist...
