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| W. Poundstone - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| W. Poundstone (1955), American author and science journalist. His major works include Prisoner's Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb (1992), The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge (1985), and Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Search for Truth (1988). His fields of specialization are mathematics, physics, psychology, economics, and science journalism.
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| Satisfiability, logic: a statement can be satisfied if there is an interpretation (e.g. an insertion of constants instead of variables), in which the statement is true. E.g. tautologies are always satisfied, contradictions are never satisfied. See also tautology, contradiction, contingency, satisfaction, models, model theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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| Poundstone, W. | Satisfiability | Poundstone | |
| Tarski, Alfred | Satisfiability | Tarski | |
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