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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

information go
knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

grounds, evidence go
your basis for belief or disbelief

falsification, disproof, refutation
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

noun.cognition

3 Subcategories

reductio ad absurdum, reductio go
(reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd
confutation go
evidence that refutes conclusively
counterexample go
refutation by example