Terms & Definitions
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23 terms- Claims
- Statements that make assertions about Knowledge.
- Claims of Fact
- Statements asserting that something is, was, or will be True.
- Claims of Policy
- Statements asserting the addition, removal, or modification of a rule, procedure, or plan of action.
- Claims of Value
- Statements asserting that something is, was, or could be judged on a good-to-bad continuum.
- Clarity
- A Mode of Communication that generates confidence by ensuring the audience can easily understand, interpret, and engage with the speaker’s message through precision, structure, and coherence.
- Clarogenerativity
- The quality of communication that fosters comprehension and resonance across the six measurable Dimensions of Clarity: Comprehensibility, Precision, Coherence, Cohesion, Conciseness, and Structure.
- Close-mindednessPrimitive
- Alternative viewpoints are dismissed.
- Cohesion
- Likelihood that sentences and paragraphs build cohesively.
- Coherence
- The degree to which ideas connect logically and smoothly.
- Cognitive Agents
- Conversational Agents capable of Cognition, Reasoning, Decision-making, and Metacognition.
- Cognition
- The capability to recall Semantic Statements as Knowledge in one of three types: Declarative, Procedural, or Conditional.
- Comprehensibility
- Likelihood of the message being easy to understand and interpret.
- Complex Sentence
- A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
- ComplexityPrimitive
- Message is overly intricate or difficult to understand.
- Compound Sentence
- A sentence with two or more independent clauses connected by a conjunction or semicolon.
- Compound-complex Sentence
- A sentence with at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
- Conclusions
- Likelihood of providing logically coherent conclusions.
- Conclusion StrengthPrimitive
- Likelihood of conclusions following logically from premises.
- Conclusion WeaknessPrimitive
- Likelihood of conclusions being incoherent or illogical.
- ConstructivePrimitive
- Goals are clearly aligned, enhancing focus and persuasion.
- ContrastDimensional
- The use of contrasts to highlight key points and create impact.
- Conversations
- The process by which Actors exchange Statements via Conversational Agents.
- Communication
- Communication is at the heart of human interaction, shaping how we share ideas, influence others, and make decisions. Whether through conversation, writing, or technology, effective communication is key to ensuring that our messages are understood and impactful.