domain of discourse or universe of discourse (borrowing from the mathematical concept of universe) is the set of entities over which certain variables of interest...

universe of discourse is in the strictest sense the ultimate subject of the discourse. — George Boole, Boole (1854). An Investigation of the Laws of Thought...

the objects of our discourse are found, that field may properly be termed the universe of discourse. Furthermore, this universe of discourse is in the strictest...

interdisciplinary or social commonality, often in the context of a "shared universe of discourse". Fiction in some media, such as most television programs...

content terms, refers to the whole of its universe of discourse. According to this principle every proposition of number theory, even an equational proposition...

of thought are fundamental axiomatic rules upon which rational discourse itself is often considered to be based. The formulation and clarification of...

satisfied by every member of a domain of discourse. In other words, it is the predication of a property or relation to every member of the domain. It asserts...

Object–role modeling (ORM) is used to model the semantics of a universe of discourse. ORM is often used for data modeling and software engineering. An...

primitive notion, that of a hereditary well-founded set, so that all entities in the universe of discourse are such sets. Thus the axioms of Zermelo–Fraenkel...

"Bayonetwork: Vultures in Vivid Color", "Liarsenic: Creating a Universe of Discourse" and "Absentimental: Street Clam". The track "Pretendeavor: In Reference...

is said to be total with respect to a universe of discourse just in case everything in that universe of discourse stands in that relation to something...

of the real world. The purpose of semantic data modeling is to create a structural model of a piece of the real world, called "universe of discourse"...

criticizes Aristotle for accepting the conventional views of his day regarding the supposed inferiority of women, and greek slavery, he nonetheless asserts that...

in a universe of discourse must first be seen to form an intelligible paradigm before many theorists will consider that the coherence theory of truth...

An entity is something that exists as itself. It does not need to be of material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually...

sometimes called the universe of discourse. ×    (multiplication sign) See also × in § Arithmetic operators. 1.  Denotes the Cartesian product of two sets. That...

that surrounds all the circles; this is called the universe of discourse or the domain of discourse. Couturat observed that, in a direct algorithmic (formal...

'existence' referred to need not be 'real', but exist only in a universe of discourse. As an example, legal systems use vocabulary referring to 'legal...

had no built-in contextual framework or universe of discourse. However, this required ELIZA to have a script of instructions on how to respond to inputs...

work of Frege. A "concept" F is "small" if the objects falling under F cannot be put into one-to-one correspondence with the universe of discourse, that...

explanation of the logical elements that constitute this definition: An individual is a real object of reference. A universe of discourse is the set of all possible...

{\displaystyle G\land F} In the universe of discourse defined by this Euler diagram, in addition to the conjunctions specified above, all of the sets from A through...

Look up Universe or universe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The universe is all of time and space and their contents. Universe may also refer to:...

Henri Poincaré, Critic of Crisis: Reflections on His Universe of Discourse (1954) The Bequest of the Greeks (1955); Dantzig, Tobias (2006). Dover reprint...

capacities of C become enshrined in a type universe UC mirroring C. Conglomerate (mathematics) Domain of discourse Grothendieck universe Herbrand universe Free...

follows, where capital X is a variable over sets, U is the universe of discourse, p is a mereological part structure on U, and ⊕ p {\displaystyle \oplus...

QUA can be defined as follows, where U {\displaystyle U} is the universe of discourse, F {\displaystyle F} is a variable over sets, and p {\displaystyle...

notions of sameness and difference requires a system or universe of discourse with a minimum of two terms or elements. To understand the concept of relatedness...

University of Chicago Press. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-226-34684-7. Retrieved 2011-02-24. But the mutakallim's universe of discourse now included the whole range of Falsafah...

meaning word, and sphere, interpreted as world), "the world of words", the universe of discourse.[better source needed] Despite the term's humorous intent...