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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

power, ability go
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

know-how go
the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something

method go
a way of doing something, especially a systematic way

system, system of rules go
a complex of methods or rules governing behavior

logic, logical system, system of logic go
a system of reasoning

symbolic logic, mathematical logic, formal logic
any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

Boolean logic, Boolean algebra go
a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole
propositional logic, propositional calculus go
a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them
predicate calculus, functional calculus go
a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions)
modal logic go
a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts
fuzzy logic go
a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1