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71Mathematical fallacy — In mathematics, certain kinds of mistakes in proof, calculation, or derivation are often exhibited, and sometimes collected, as illustrations of the concept of mathematical fallacy. The specimens of the greatest interest can be seen as… …
72Tu quoque — (IPA: IPA|/tu ˈkwoʊkwɛ/, Latin for You, too or You, also ) is a Latin term used to mean an accusation of hypocrisy. The argument states that a certain position is false or wrong and/or should be disregarded because its proponent fails to act… …
73Circular reasoning — is a formal logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proved is assumed implicitly or explicitly in one of the premises. For example: Only an untrustworthy person would run for office. The fact that politicians are untrustworthy is proof of… …
74Problem of evil — Part of a series on God General conceptions …
75Pythagoreans and Eleatics — Edward Hussey PYTHAGORAS AND THE EARLY PYTHAGOREANS Pythagoras, a native of Samos, emigrated to southern Italy around 520, and seems to have established himself in the city of Croton. There he founded a society of people sharing his beliefs and… …
76Watchmaker analogy — Part of a series of articles on Intelligent design …
77Metaphysical naturalism — This article is about the worldview. For the methodological paradigm, see Methodological naturalism. Part of a series on Irreligion …
78applied logic — Introduction the study of the practical art of right reasoning. The formalism (formal logic) and theoretical results of pure logic can be clothed with meanings derived from a variety of sources within philosophy as well as from other… …
79Melissus of Samos — An illustration of Melissus of Samos from the Nuremberg Chronicle Full name Melissus of Samos Born Samos Island Era …
80Leibniz: truth, knowledge and metaphysics — Nicholas Jolley Leibniz is in important respects the exception among the great philosophers of the seventeenth century. The major thinkers of the period characteristically proclaim the need to reject the philosophical tradition; in their… …
