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Well-Formed Formula (wff)

In symbolic logic, a “logically grammatical” statement. https://youtube.com/shorts/rXxqpE4zEx8?feature=share
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Brahman

The Hindu conception of the impersonal, universal all-pervading spirit; it is both the universe and transcends space and time. The word also signifies a member of the highest caste in…
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Tautology

A statement that is true in every possible circumstance; that is, it is true on every row of the truth table in the column under the (main) operator. https://youtube.com/shorts/rglZ891k1NA?feature=share
F
Formal proof
M
Myth of the given
C
Causal interactionism
C
Cartesian
T
Turing Test
S
Singular statement
I
Informal fallacy
F
False dilemma
N
Negation elimination
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