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1tautological — UK [ˌtɔːtəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l] / US [ˌtɔtəˈlɑdʒɪk(ə)l] or tautologous UK [tɔːˈtɒləɡəs] / US [tɔˈtɑləɡəs] adjective linguistics a tautological statement, sentence etc repeats its meaning in an unnecessary way by using different words to say the same thing …
2tautological — tau|to|log|i|cal [ ,tɔtə ladʒıkl ] or tau|tol|o|gous [ tɔ taləgəs ] adjective LINGUISTICS a tautological statement, sentence, etc. repeats its meaning in an unnecessary way by using different words to say the same thing: a tautological phrase… …
3language, philosophy of — Philosophical study of the nature and use of natural languages and the relations between language, language users, and the world. It encompasses the philosophical study of linguistic meaning (see semantics), the philosophical study of language… …
4tautologous — tautological UK [ˌtɔːtəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l] / US [ˌtɔtəˈlɑdʒɪk(ə)l] or tautologous UK [tɔːˈtɒləɡəs] / US [tɔˈtɑləɡəs] adjective linguistics a tautological statement, sentence etc repeats its meaning in an unnecessary way by using different words to say… …
5epistemology — epistemological /i pis teuh meuh loj i keuhl/, adj. epistemologically, adv. epistemologist, n. /i pis teuh mol euh jee/, n. a branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge. [1855 60; < Gk… …
6Tautology (logic) — In propositional logic, a tautology (from the Greek word ταυτολογία) is a propositional formula that is true under any possible valuation (also called a truth assignment or an interpretation) of its propositional variables. For example, the… …
7Pleonasm — is the use of more words (or even word parts) than necessary to express an idea clearly. A closely related concept is rhetorical tautology, in which essentially the same thing is said more than once in different words (e.g black darkness , cold… …
8Formal interpretation — A formal interpretation [http://books.google.com/books?id=weKqT3ka5g0C pg=PA74 lpg=PA74 dq=%22Formal+interpretation%22+%22formal+language%22 source=web ots=pLN ms7Wi2 sig=P JqwdzOqLcX4nMpP64qmacnkDU hl=en#PPA74,M1 Cann Ronnie, Formal Semantics:… …
9Vienna Circle — The Vienna Circle (in German: der Wiener Kreis) was a group of philosophers who gathered around Moritz Schlick when he was called to the Vienna University in 1922, organized in a philosophical association named Verein Ernst Mach (Ernst Mach… …
10Paraconsistent logic — A paraconsistent logic is a logical system that attempts to deal with contradictions in a discriminating way. Alternatively, paraconsistent logic is the subfield of logic that is concerned with studying and developing paraconsistent (or… …
