Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation east
- abbreviation eastern
- abbreviation Football end
- abbreviation energy
- abbreviation English
- abbreviation Baseball error
- abbreviation excellent
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- noun The fifth
letter of the Englishalphabet , callede and written in theLatin script . - noun The
ordinal numberfifth , derived from thisletter of the Englishalphabet , callede and written in theLatin script . - noun ESRB rating
Everyone . - noun
East . - noun street slang The illicit drug
ecstasy (MDMA ). - noun The
grade belowD in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is afailing grade. - noun The fifth letter of the
basic modern Latin alphabet . - noun Representing × 10x in
floating-point notation. - noun computing
Hexadecimal symbol for 14. - noun physics
Energy . - noun biochemistry
IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation forglutamic acid - noun mathematics
expectation function
Etymologies
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Examples
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On this view, a particular experience E that is a veridical perception of a particular mind-independent object O will have an intentional content with a demonstrative element that successfully refers to O, and a distinct particular experience E* will have an intentional content with the same veridicality conditions only if its intentional content contains a demonstrative element that also refers to O.
Petty Injuries 2009
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E and its negation ~E (assumed to be the locus of all the non-inferential changes in probability) from initial probabilities between zero and one to
Bayesian Epistemology Talbott, William 2008
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A corollary is that, where H entails E, ~E would disconfirm H, by reducing its probability to zero.
Bayesian Epistemology Talbott, William 2008
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While a proponent of theistic pragmatic arguments cannot swear allegiance to (E), she can, clearly enough, adhere to (E²).
Pragmatic Arguments for Belief in God Jordan, Jeff 2004
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H predicts E more strongly than H* does, and (b) ~H predicts ~E more strongly than
Bayes' Theorem Joyce, James 2003
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The effective increment of evidence [12] that E provides for H is the amount by which the incremental evidence that E provides for H exceeds the incremental evidence that ~E provides for H.
Bayes' Theorem Joyce, James 2003
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H receives a greater increment (or lesser decrement) of evidential support from E than from E* if and only if PE (H) exceeds
Bayes' Theorem Joyce, James 2003
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E provides more incremental evidence than E* does for H
Bayes' Theorem Joyce, James 2003
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E and E* provide for H is the amount by which the incremental evidence that E provides for H exceeds the incremental evidence that E* provides for
Bayes' Theorem Joyce, James 2003
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If H entails both E and E*, say, then Bayes 'Theorem entails that the least probable of the two supports H more strongly.
Bayes' Theorem Joyce, James 2003
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