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Fallacies of definition

Known as: Fallacy of dictionary, Negative definition, Fallacy of definition 
If one concept is defined by another, and the other is defined by the first, this is known as a circular definition, akin to circular reasoning… 
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2019
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2019
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics A Field Guide to Spin Liquids
Spin liquids are collective phases of quantum matter that have eluded discovery in correlated magnetic materials for over half a… 
2019
2019
A Picture Is a Shaped Thing∗
Over fifty years after the initial publication of “Shape as Form: Frank Stella's Irregular Polygons,” the criticism of Michael… 
2016
2016
Exploring an Effective Incentive System on a Groupware
Groupware is an effective form of media for knowledge sharing and active open communication. One remaining important issue is how… 
2014
2014
Study of Mechanism of Bile Acids Binding in chitosan Cross-linked Banana Fruit Dietary Fiber
This research studied the dietary fiber in banana fruit whose pectin and starch had been removed. The fiber was hydrolyzed with… 
2012
2012
Portal Hypertension - Causes and Complications
2010
2010
A social quality approach as re-integration of civil society, the market and the state
This paper provides critical reflections from a cross-disciplinary conversation on the directions of current theory and practice… 
2009
2009
「성 루씨일의 야상시」에 나타난 존 던의 무(無)
John Donne's poems usually express hope in reason and knowledge, and not-knowing is, to Donne, a sign that one has gone wrong or… 
2009
2009
Neo-liberal Discourse and the Food Crisis
The world food crisis of 2008 presented the neo-liberal development model with one of its sharpest challenges since the Asian… 
2004
2004
Hereditarian scientific fallacies
Some have recently declared that a hereditarian or more balanced approach has triumphed over environmentalism as an explanatory… 
1999
1999
Debatable Land: An Essay on the Relationship Between English and Scottish Criminal Law
This article proposes that a better understanding of the identity of Scots criminallaw can be developed through an analysis of… 
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