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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
Review
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… 
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… 
2012
2012
Immersed in the Single Channel: Experimental Media from Theater to Gallery
In Steve Reinke's Anal Masturbation and Object Loss (Video) (2002), we encounter the artist preparing a book for the library in… 
2011
2011
A structural model of intuitive probability
Though the ability of human beings to deal with probabilities has been put into question, the assessment of rarity is a crucial… 
2009
2009
Nietzschean Origins of Sartre ’ s
This paper proposes a parallel reading of Nietzsche’s first essay, The Birth of Tragedy, and of Sartre’s first novel, Nausea. It… 
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… 
2008
2008
Multibiometrics for Identity Authentication: Issues, Benefits and Challenges
  • J. KiltterN. Poh
  • IEEE Second International Conference on…
  • 2008
  • Corpus ID: 3155089
Multi biometric systems exploit different biometric traits, multiple samples and multiple algorithms to establish the identity of… 
2004
2004
Hereditarian scientific fallacies
Some have recently declared that a hereditarian or more balanced approach has triumphed over environmentalism as an explanatory… 
1990
1990
Familial occurrences of reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Review
1970
Review
1970
The disculturation hypothesis and the chronic patient syndrome
SummaryGoffman (1961) and others have hypothesized that the experience of being a patient in the traditional type of mental… 
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