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101Marginalism — Economics …
102Freethought — is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that beliefs should be formed on the basis of science and logic and should not be influenced by emotion, authority, tradition, or any dogma. The cognitive application of freethought is known as freethinking …
103Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition ArgueDate=October 30 ArgueYear=2001 DecideDate=April 16 DecideYear=2002 FullName=John David Ashcroft, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. The Free Speech Coalition, et al. USVol …
104African American literature — ▪ literature Introduction body of literature written by Americans of African descent. Beginning in the pre Revolutionary War period, African American writers have engaged in a creative, if often contentious, dialogue with American letters.… …
105Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Lynching and the Excuse for It (1901) — ▪ Primary Source In the twenty years after 1885 there were more lynchings in the United States than legal executions. The great majority of victims were African Americans, who, after a brief period of political power in the South during… …
106Madianites (Midianites) — Madianites † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Madianites (in A.V. MIDIANITES). An Arabian tribe (Sept. Madienaîoi and Madianeîtai, Lat. Madianitæ). Comparison of Gen., xxxvi, 35, with xxxvii, 28, 36 proves that the Biblical authors employ… …
107Beck v. Eiland-Hall — WIPO headquarters in Geneva Court World Intellectual Property Organization Full case name Mercury Radio Arts, Inc. and Glenn Beck v. Isaac Eiland Hall …
108sophism — mid 14c., specious but fallacious argument, from O.Fr. sophime a fallacy, false argument, from L. sophisma, from Gk. sophisma sophism, clever device, from sophizesthai become wise (see SOPHIST (Cf. sophist)) …
109casuistry — noun 1. argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading • Derivationally related forms: ↑casuistic, ↑casuist • Hypernyms: ↑argumentation, ↑logical argument, ↑argument, ↑line of reasoning, ↑ …
110syl|lo|gism — «SIHL uh jihz uhm», noun. 1. a form of argument or reasoning, consisting of two statements (the major premise and the minor premise) and a third statement (the conclusion) drawn necessarily from them. Example: All trees have roots; an oak is a… …
