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Validity and Soundness of Arguments
An argument may make a logical conclusion given a set of premises, but the premises themselves may not be considered acceptable. Similarly,
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Counterexample
A counterexample is an example that refutes a claim. This article works through examples of counterexamples and includes some exercises for
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Logical Contradiction
What are logical contradictions? This article explores this question through examples. It also leaves you with some exercises to work on.
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Region of Inexactness
In this article, we explore the concept of the region of inexactness, the amount of fuzziness involved in reporting observations about the w
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Representing Positive Integers
By Madhav Kaushish Representation and Abstraction We can gather a lot of information about a person's appearance by looking at a picture...
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Axioms of Rational Inquiry
What are the foundations of rational inquiry in scientific assumptions?
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A Playlist for Teachers
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan, Madhav Kaushish, Rashmi Jejurikar, Ramesh, Vaideesh, Sanan Shankar, Shamli Manasvi, Palaniappan A. 1. ...
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Quantitative and Qualitative Research
K. P. Mohanan Quantitative research is often formulated as research in which data are coded into numerals, while Qualitative research is...
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Reflections on Justified Concepts
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan The Intuition of Justified Concepts Given a set of entities, any property that distinguishes one set from...
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Indoctrination in Linguistics Education (Linguistics series -4)
K. P. Mohanan You can find a pdf file of the article linked here.
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Cells, Humans, Nation and the Planet
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan 1. Analogy Analogy is a pair of wings to fly across apparently dissimilar terrains. The above sentence is...
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Introduction to Representational Systems(Representations and Classification series -1)
K. P. Mohanan, Madhav Kaushish Numbers and numerals used to represent numbers are different things. So are the triangles we draw on paper...
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Lunch on 21st December 2509(Constructing & Evaluating Knowledge series -2)
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan, Aditi Ahuja, Rashmi Jejurikar Rafa: Mom, Sandy’s Mom invited me for breakfast this Sunday. Can I go?...
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Exploring patterns of language structure (Linguistics series -3)
K. P. Mohanan, Tara Mohanan This book is an exploration of the structure of human language. It uses the scientific mode of inquiry, that...
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Linguistics Education and Cognitive Revolution (Linguistics series -2)
Tara Mohanan and K. P. Mohanan You can find a pdf file of the article linked here.
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