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Axiom — This article is about logical propositions. For other uses, see Axiom (disambiguation). In traditional logic, an axiom or postulate is a proposition that is not proven or demonstrated but considered either to be self evident or to define and… … Wikipedia
parallels never meet — engineering axiom that says parallel lines never intersect; phrase used to describe the relationship between people who never meet each other … English contemporary dictionary
Science and the Church — • Dicsusses the relationship between the two subjects Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Science and the Church Science and the Church … Catholic encyclopedia
geometry — Although various laws concerning lines and angles were known to the Egyptians and the Pythagoreans, the systematic treatment of geometry by the axiomatic method began with the Elements of Euclid . From a small number of explicit axioms,… … Philosophy dictionary
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logic, history of — Introduction the history of the discipline from its origins among the ancient Greeks to the present time. Origins of logic in the West Precursors of ancient logic There was a medieval tradition according to which the Greek philosopher … Universalium
History of geometry — Geometry (Greek γεωμετρία ; geo = earth, metria = measure) arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers. Classic geometry… … Wikipedia
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Dynamic logic (modal logic) — For the subject in digital electronics also known as clocked logic, see dynamic logic (digital electronics). Dynamic logic is an extension of modal logic originally intended for reasoning about computer programs and later applied to more general… … Wikipedia
