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On The Whole Expression used by American Psychologist William James in his book The Varieties of Religious Experience (p. 278) to help convey the empiricist nature of his method in judging "the absolute value of what religion adds to human life" (277).
Definition
Invariability The inability for a hypothesis to be changed. For example, more precise mathematical hypotheses have less room for interpretation and can even predict. Related to
Falsifiability
Magnanimité, "a major work...on the treatment of the concept [of magnanimity], or comparable concepts, not only in Aristotle...but generally in pagan philosophy and Christian theology." [ref.: W.F.R. Hardie, “‘Magnanimity’ in Aristotle’s ‘Ethics’” in Phronesis XXIII, № 1 (1978), page 66]
Ethic-aestheticSee also [Aesthetics] / Aesthetic Ethics. E.e. cummings (non sic) declared that "Ethics is aesthetics". This statement may have influenced the young Ludwig Wittgenstein before his publication of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, with implications for the ethical significance of logical atomism of Wittgenstein. Related works such as Russell and Whitehead's Principia Mathematica, which has been cited as being a deconstruction of Wittgenstein, may thus also relate with this idea. Thus, the three thinkers may be viewed as a logical succession on the subject of material and abstract morality, that is, the moral dimension of logical atomism
Request article of 'Implicit Premises, also apparently refered to as Suppressed Premises' Which is arguments/syllogisms based on presupposed premises not mentioned.
AxiometryNathan Coppedge's systematic method of parsing categories, often using opposites. Important precedents for the method are Hegel's category square, Venn Diagrams, literary analogies, Novalis' category distinctions from Notes for a Romantic Encyclopaedia, and Sheldon's dialectic of opposites. The method also has an important basis in Kant's categorical imperative, and Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Coppedge occurs in a position that is reacting against the linguistic turn, but also embracing it. Earlier thinkers failed to truly realize that math and language could co-exist. In one of Coppedge's projects he calls this 'the qualific science'. His view is that properties that do not have qualities are irrational, because they cannot be perceived. Coppedge's categorical deduction method, radically different from syllogisms, is the primary example of the method. Axiometry is not to be confused with
Axonometric projection or
Axiology), which are both very different
B. R. A. I. N. Information gathering technique for informed decision making primarily in childbirth, acronym of Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition, Need Time. Or
B. R. A. I. N. E. D. Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition, Nothing, Evaluate, Decide.
Categorical DeductionIntroduced by Nathan Coppedge in 2013, it bears some resemblance to a truth table, but is meant to be interpreted coherently. It is as opposed to earlier forms such as
Categorical syllogism,
Categorical imperative, and standard
Analogy. The method is unconventional in that it uses a bounded
Cartesian coordinate system, reading circularly and linearly. In a quadra format it takes the form of four opposite categories (two polar opposite pairs) arranged in the strict form AB:CD and AD:CB (this can also be expressed as 'AB-CD and AD-CB' or 'A-B :: C-D and A-D :: C-B). The system can be used to bridge knowledge gaps and solve difficult problems.
Causal lever(s) technical term (or term-of-art) commonly used in philosophical discourse to indicate that the explanation of the mechanism that lead to the result (or considerations in a thought experiment) depend heavily on purely contingent facts (not necessary facts); that is, the explanation (or consideration) is historical or, more importantly, based on CONTINGENCY and is not purely nomological (law-based); potentially there could be several if-then's (the causal levers) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE that comprise the bulk of the explanation (along with principles [usually so obvious that they're not important to discuss] about how the world works); a common phrase (clause) one may find is "... if the causal levers were such that ..."
Coherent LogicNathan Larkin Coppedge introduces primarily diagrammatic methods and means of deductions as a way of objectifying knowledge and standardizing correspondence with other types of systems. Paraphrased Source: The Dimensional Philosopher's Toolkit (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2014).
Double-paradoxNathan Coppedge defines a paroxysm as a double-paradox, a paradox used as a solution to a paradox. This requires reversing all the terms, but also requires that the initial terms form a sufficient definition of a paradoxical problem. See Coppedge describes it in a paper called Paroxysm Solution to All Paradoxes. "Paroxysm" is also the name of a book of interviews with the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard (Verso, 1998), which may have inspired Coppedge's new definition
Add to wiktionary quality or state of equivocation
Exponential knowledgeThe method of
Categorical Deduction popularized at knowledge-oriented websites in 2013 by Nathan Coppedge proposes a solution to the problems of
Information based complexity known as the
curse of dimensionality common in disciplines such as Economics and Mathematics. The paradox of the curse of dimensionality: Coppedge proposes that exponential knowledge has the opposite effect of complexity, which he terms "perfection," with the implication that it may ironically be perfection and not complexity which creates
information overload.
Macro-Systems A work attributed to Xenophanes has that name, as cited in Ancient Philosophy. Cohen et al. eds. Indianapolis: Hackett, 2011. The work by Xenophanes is assumed lost. Although recent usages are sparse at best, the subject in general may relate to such areas as Biosophy, philosophy and supercomputers, or any interpretation of metaphysics. Nathan Coppedge, the author of the Dimensional Philosopher's Toolkit, introduces the terms macrosophy and microsophy in his articles and blog. See for example:
http://hypercubics.blogspot.com/2012/11/working-method-9-macro-and-micro.html.
Philosophical IdeationA distinction may be made that philosophical ideation interpreted as logic has no attribute of neurosis or psychosis as is common in psychology. Particularly after Hume's Guillotine, philosophers have felt no moral obligation to attribute irrational properties to the psyche, when the process of logic is deemed to have formal constraints. Thus there is a schism between the sublime-as-object, and the sublime intention, which must then be attributed to some form of reason (logic), or else psychology itself.
Proliferation Theory See "proliferation hypothesis" as an alternative to evolution through natural selection (on page 298 in "Microbial Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach" by J Vaun McArthur 2006 Academic Press.
The view of the world of the antimetaphysical. An atheist might believe in
magical thinking, or non analytical theories that don't imply the scientificmethod. An antimetaphysical is always an
atheist but an atheist is not always antimetaphysical. An antimetaphysical[1] cannot be agnostic, for agnostics are or may be open to metaphysics.
Jan Konfršt ((* 13 September 1944 in Prague) is a Czech philosopher, a technician by education and original profession, a former life counsellor and author of books and audiobooks on spiritual topics. The first one, published in 2003, is entitled Life in Our Palms. The two most recent books so far are a novel, The Pilgrim : through space and time, published in 2020, and a book of public reflections from 2021-2023, titled Let us never stop to ask, published in 2023.) (Possibility of partial use of the article on the Czech version of Wikipedia for translation:
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Konfr%C5%A1t)
John Arrington Woodward An American philosopher/theorist known for his use of Ulrich Beck's 'second modernity' in examinations of European narratives of identity.
Causal lever(s) technical term (or term-of-art) commonly used in philosophical discourse to indicate that the explanation of the mechanism that lead to the result (or considerations in a thought experiment) depend heavily on purely contingent facts (not necessary facts); that is, the explanation (or consideration) is historical or, more importantly, based on CONTINGENCY and is not purely nomological (law-based); potentially there could be several if-then's (the causal levers) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE that comprise the bulk of the explanation (along with principles [usually so obvious that they're not important to discuss] about how the world works); a common phrase (clause) one may find is "... if the causal levers were such that ..."
I know of this
biased, poorly-written site. It is an ancient symbol from Le Dragon Rouge tome associated with magic. It's also the topic of numerous opera/black metal bands. Apart from that, I can't find anything, least of all a reputable source.
Editors wishing to focus on philosophy articles may find the philosophy WikiProject useful.
Also, when adding a request, please include as much information as possible (such as webpages, articles, or other reference material) so editors can find and distinguish your request from an already-created article.
On The Whole Expression used by American Psychologist William James in his book The Varieties of Religious Experience (p. 278) to help convey the empiricist nature of his method in judging "the absolute value of what religion adds to human life" (277).
Definition
Invariability The inability for a hypothesis to be changed. For example, more precise mathematical hypotheses have less room for interpretation and can even predict. Related to
Falsifiability
Magnanimité, "a major work...on the treatment of the concept [of magnanimity], or comparable concepts, not only in Aristotle...but generally in pagan philosophy and Christian theology." [ref.: W.F.R. Hardie, “‘Magnanimity’ in Aristotle’s ‘Ethics’” in Phronesis XXIII, № 1 (1978), page 66]
Ethic-aestheticSee also [Aesthetics] / Aesthetic Ethics. E.e. cummings (non sic) declared that "Ethics is aesthetics". This statement may have influenced the young Ludwig Wittgenstein before his publication of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, with implications for the ethical significance of logical atomism of Wittgenstein. Related works such as Russell and Whitehead's Principia Mathematica, which has been cited as being a deconstruction of Wittgenstein, may thus also relate with this idea. Thus, the three thinkers may be viewed as a logical succession on the subject of material and abstract morality, that is, the moral dimension of logical atomism
Request article of 'Implicit Premises, also apparently refered to as Suppressed Premises' Which is arguments/syllogisms based on presupposed premises not mentioned.
AxiometryNathan Coppedge's systematic method of parsing categories, often using opposites. Important precedents for the method are Hegel's category square, Venn Diagrams, literary analogies, Novalis' category distinctions from Notes for a Romantic Encyclopaedia, and Sheldon's dialectic of opposites. The method also has an important basis in Kant's categorical imperative, and Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Coppedge occurs in a position that is reacting against the linguistic turn, but also embracing it. Earlier thinkers failed to truly realize that math and language could co-exist. In one of Coppedge's projects he calls this 'the qualific science'. His view is that properties that do not have qualities are irrational, because they cannot be perceived. Coppedge's categorical deduction method, radically different from syllogisms, is the primary example of the method. Axiometry is not to be confused with
Axonometric projection or
Axiology), which are both very different
B. R. A. I. N. Information gathering technique for informed decision making primarily in childbirth, acronym of Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition, Need Time. Or
B. R. A. I. N. E. D. Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition, Nothing, Evaluate, Decide.
Categorical DeductionIntroduced by Nathan Coppedge in 2013, it bears some resemblance to a truth table, but is meant to be interpreted coherently. It is as opposed to earlier forms such as
Categorical syllogism,
Categorical imperative, and standard
Analogy. The method is unconventional in that it uses a bounded
Cartesian coordinate system, reading circularly and linearly. In a quadra format it takes the form of four opposite categories (two polar opposite pairs) arranged in the strict form AB:CD and AD:CB (this can also be expressed as 'AB-CD and AD-CB' or 'A-B :: C-D and A-D :: C-B). The system can be used to bridge knowledge gaps and solve difficult problems.
Causal lever(s) technical term (or term-of-art) commonly used in philosophical discourse to indicate that the explanation of the mechanism that lead to the result (or considerations in a thought experiment) depend heavily on purely contingent facts (not necessary facts); that is, the explanation (or consideration) is historical or, more importantly, based on CONTINGENCY and is not purely nomological (law-based); potentially there could be several if-then's (the causal levers) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE that comprise the bulk of the explanation (along with principles [usually so obvious that they're not important to discuss] about how the world works); a common phrase (clause) one may find is "... if the causal levers were such that ..."
Coherent LogicNathan Larkin Coppedge introduces primarily diagrammatic methods and means of deductions as a way of objectifying knowledge and standardizing correspondence with other types of systems. Paraphrased Source: The Dimensional Philosopher's Toolkit (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2014).
Double-paradoxNathan Coppedge defines a paroxysm as a double-paradox, a paradox used as a solution to a paradox. This requires reversing all the terms, but also requires that the initial terms form a sufficient definition of a paradoxical problem. See Coppedge describes it in a paper called Paroxysm Solution to All Paradoxes. "Paroxysm" is also the name of a book of interviews with the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard (Verso, 1998), which may have inspired Coppedge's new definition
Add to wiktionary quality or state of equivocation
Exponential knowledgeThe method of
Categorical Deduction popularized at knowledge-oriented websites in 2013 by Nathan Coppedge proposes a solution to the problems of
Information based complexity known as the
curse of dimensionality common in disciplines such as Economics and Mathematics. The paradox of the curse of dimensionality: Coppedge proposes that exponential knowledge has the opposite effect of complexity, which he terms "perfection," with the implication that it may ironically be perfection and not complexity which creates
information overload.
Macro-Systems A work attributed to Xenophanes has that name, as cited in Ancient Philosophy. Cohen et al. eds. Indianapolis: Hackett, 2011. The work by Xenophanes is assumed lost. Although recent usages are sparse at best, the subject in general may relate to such areas as Biosophy, philosophy and supercomputers, or any interpretation of metaphysics. Nathan Coppedge, the author of the Dimensional Philosopher's Toolkit, introduces the terms macrosophy and microsophy in his articles and blog. See for example:
http://hypercubics.blogspot.com/2012/11/working-method-9-macro-and-micro.html.
Philosophical IdeationA distinction may be made that philosophical ideation interpreted as logic has no attribute of neurosis or psychosis as is common in psychology. Particularly after Hume's Guillotine, philosophers have felt no moral obligation to attribute irrational properties to the psyche, when the process of logic is deemed to have formal constraints. Thus there is a schism between the sublime-as-object, and the sublime intention, which must then be attributed to some form of reason (logic), or else psychology itself.
Proliferation Theory See "proliferation hypothesis" as an alternative to evolution through natural selection (on page 298 in "Microbial Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach" by J Vaun McArthur 2006 Academic Press.
The view of the world of the antimetaphysical. An atheist might believe in
magical thinking, or non analytical theories that don't imply the scientificmethod. An antimetaphysical is always an
atheist but an atheist is not always antimetaphysical. An antimetaphysical[1] cannot be agnostic, for agnostics are or may be open to metaphysics.
Jan Konfršt ((* 13 September 1944 in Prague) is a Czech philosopher, a technician by education and original profession, a former life counsellor and author of books and audiobooks on spiritual topics. The first one, published in 2003, is entitled Life in Our Palms. The two most recent books so far are a novel, The Pilgrim : through space and time, published in 2020, and a book of public reflections from 2021-2023, titled Let us never stop to ask, published in 2023.) (Possibility of partial use of the article on the Czech version of Wikipedia for translation:
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Konfr%C5%A1t)
John Arrington Woodward An American philosopher/theorist known for his use of Ulrich Beck's 'second modernity' in examinations of European narratives of identity.
Causal lever(s) technical term (or term-of-art) commonly used in philosophical discourse to indicate that the explanation of the mechanism that lead to the result (or considerations in a thought experiment) depend heavily on purely contingent facts (not necessary facts); that is, the explanation (or consideration) is historical or, more importantly, based on CONTINGENCY and is not purely nomological (law-based); potentially there could be several if-then's (the causal levers) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE that comprise the bulk of the explanation (along with principles [usually so obvious that they're not important to discuss] about how the world works); a common phrase (clause) one may find is "... if the causal levers were such that ..."
I know of this
biased, poorly-written site. It is an ancient symbol from Le Dragon Rouge tome associated with magic. It's also the topic of numerous opera/black metal bands. Apart from that, I can't find anything, least of all a reputable source.