cognition knowledge noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning |
b sexual intercourse intercourse sex act copulation coitus coition sexual congress congress sexual relation relation carnal knowledge | the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman, the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur |
unlawful carnal knowledge criminal congress | forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals |
judgment judgement assessment | the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event, they criticized my judgment of the contestants |
value judgment value judgement | an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed |
judgment judgement judicial decision | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
confession of judgment confession of judgement cognovit judgment cognovit judgement | a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings |
default judgment default judgement judgment by default judgement by default | a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court) |
judgment in personam judgement in personam personal judgment personal judgement | a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages |
judgment in rem judgement in rem | a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons) |
judgment of dismissal judgement of dismissal dismissal | a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial |
judgment on the merits judgement on the merits | judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented |
summary judgment summary judgement judgment on the pleadings judgement on the pleadings | a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law |
judgment judgement sound judgment sound judgement perspicacity | the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions |
public knowledge general knowledge | knowledge that is available to anyone |
common knowledge | anything generally known to everyone |
sagacity sagaciousness judgment judgement discernment | the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations |
desire to know lust for learning thirst for knowledge | curiosity that motivates investigation and study |
argumentation logical argument argument line of reasoning line | a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood, the methodical process of logical reasoning, I can't follow your line of reasoning |
judgment judgement judging | the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions |
self-knowledge | an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities |
background background knowledge | information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem, the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident |
judgment judgement mind | an opinion formed by judging something, he was reluctant to make his judgment known, she changed her mind |
argument | a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable, if f(x)y, x is the independent variable |
lore traditional knowledge | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote, early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend |
knowledge domain knowledge base domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge |
scientific knowledge | knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles, mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge |
argument parameter | (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program |
book of knowledge | an elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge |
argument literary argument | a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie, the editor added the argument to the poem |
opinion legal opinion judgment judgement | the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision, opinions are usually written by a single judge |
argument statement | a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true, it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true |
specious argument | an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious |
argument argumentation debate | a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal, the argument over foreign aid goes on and on |
controversy contention contestation disputation disceptation tilt argument arguing | a contentious speech act, a dispute where there is strong disagreement, they were involved in a violent argument |
Royal Society Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge | an honorary English society (formalized inand given a royal charter by Charles II in ) through which the British government has supported science |
tree of knowledge | the biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve |
d Judgment Day Judgement Day Day of Judgment Day of Judgement Doomsday Last Judgment Last Judgement Last Day eschaton day of reckoning doomsday crack of doom end of the world | (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives |
a posteriori | involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes, a posteriori demonstration |
a posteriori | requiring evidence for validation or support |
a posteriori | derived from observed facts |