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Ramsey sentence

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Ramsey sentences are formal logical reconstructions of theoretical propositions attempting to draw a line between science and metaphysics. [1]

22 relations: Analytic–synthetic distinction, Carl Gustav Hempel, David Hugh Mellor, Electron, English language, Eukaryote, Force, Frank P. Ramsey, German language, Logical equivalence, Logical positivism, Logical truth, Mass, Metaphysics, Moritz Schlick, Pierre Duhem, Proposition, Rudolf Carnap, Sound, Stathis Psillos, Structuralism (philosophy of science), Willard Van Orman Quine.

Analytic–synthetic distinction

The analytic–synthetic distinction (also called the analytic–synthetic dichotomy) is a semantic distinction, used primarily in philosophy to distinguish propositions (in particular, statements that are affirmative subject–predicate judgments) into two types: analytic propositions and synthetic propositions.

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Carl Gustav Hempel

Carl Gustav "Peter" Hempel (January 8, 1905 – November 9, 1997) was a German writer and philosopher.

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David Hugh Mellor

David Hugh Mellor (born 10 July 1938), also known as Hugh Mellor and usually cited as D. H. Mellor, is a British philosopher.

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Electron

The electron is a subatomic particle, symbol or, whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Eukaryote

Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes, unlike Prokaryotes (Bacteria and other Archaea).

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Force

In physics, a force is any interaction that, when unopposed, will change the motion of an object.

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Frank P. Ramsey

Frank Plumpton Ramsey (22 February 1903 – 19 January 1930) was a British philosopher, mathematician and economist who made fundamental contributions to abstract algebra before his death at the age of 26.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Logical equivalence

In logic, statements p and q are logically equivalent if they have the same logical content.

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Logical positivism

Logical positivism and logical empiricism, which together formed neopositivism, was a movement in Western philosophy whose central thesis was verificationism, a theory of knowledge which asserted that only statements verifiable through empirical observation are cognitively meaningful.

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Logical truth

Logical truth is one of the most fundamental concepts in logic, and there are different theories on its nature.

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Mass

Mass is both a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (a change in its state of motion) when a net force is applied.

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Metaphysics

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of being, existence, and reality.

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Moritz Schlick

Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick (April 14, 1882 – June 22, 1936) was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle.

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Pierre Duhem

Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem (9 June 1861 – 14 September 1916) was a French physicist, mathematician, historian and philosopher of science.

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Proposition

The term proposition has a broad use in contemporary analytic philosophy.

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Rudolf Carnap

Rudolf Carnap (May 18, 1891 – September 14, 1970) was a German-born philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter.

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Sound

In physics, sound is a vibration that typically propagates as an audible wave of pressure, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid.

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Stathis Psillos

Stathis Psillos (Στάθης Ψύλλος; born 22 June 1965) is a Greek philosopher of science.

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Structuralism (philosophy of science)

Structuralism (also known as scientific structuralism or as the structuralistic theory-concept) is an active research program in the philosophy of science, which was first developed in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s by several analytic philosophers.

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Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine (known to intimates as "Van"; June 25, 1908 – December 25, 2000) was an American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, recognized as "one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century." From 1930 until his death 70 years later, Quine was continually affiliated with Harvard University in one way or another, first as a student, then as a professor of philosophy and a teacher of logic and set theory, and finally as a professor emeritus who published or revised several books in retirement.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey_sentence

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