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Record 1 2001-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A repetition that in and of itself is obvious and self-evident, such as "all men are male", used as a method of arriving at the validity of general propositions.

OBS

Tautology constitutes a fault in the writing of terminological definition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Vice logique consistant à présenter, comme ayant un sens, une proposition dont le prédicat ne dit rien de plus que le sujet.

CONT

Les formules valides du calcul sont souvent appelées tautologies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
  • Inteligencia artificial
DEF

Repetición de una misma idea mediante expresiones distintas.

OBS

tautología: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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