and science, a first principle is a basic proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption. First principles in...
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A principle is a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of beliefs or behavior or a chain of reasoning. That is a...
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Justice as Fairness (redirect from Difference principle)
themes in his later book titled Political Liberalism. The first and most important principle is that everyone has the same rights and fundamental freedoms...
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The Kybalion (redirect from Principle of Vibration)
literally quoted from the book: 1. The principle of mentalism "The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental." 2. The principle of correspondence "As above, so below;...
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priority, followed by the equal opportunity principle and finally the difference principle. The first principle must be satisfied before 2b, and 2b must...
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Uniformitarianism (redirect from Principle of uniformity)
method, some consider that uniformitarianism should be a required first principle in scientific research. Other scientists disagree and consider that...
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Occam's razor (redirect from Principle of parsimony)
problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements. It is also known as the principle of parsimony...
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The uncertainty principle, also known as Heisenberg's indeterminacy principle, is a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics. It states that there is...
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usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", is the "first principle" of René Descartes's philosophy. He originally published it in French...
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The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that for many outcomes, roughly...
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