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-__Weyken__ ''Wey*ken'', n.: Data internalized as supportable knowledge with a sustainable provisional [truth value|truthvalue] ascribed to it through the medium of reasoning based on evidence (for example - and ideally, through the scientific method). OE
weye, weigh or measure: ME
kennen (influenced by Old Norse kenna, to know), OE cennan, to declare
. Perception
; understanding
.
+!!!!Etymology
+Old English
weye, weigh or measure: Old English cennan, to declare. Perception; understanding, Middle English
kennen (influenced by Old Norse kenna, to know). Initially introduced on the [BBS|http://churchofvirus.org/bbs] of the [Church of Virus|http://www.churchofvirus.org] in 2005 at [http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=65
;action=display;threadid=33430;start=]
.
-Also:
+!!!!Noun
+'''weyken''' (''plural'' [weyken])
-__Weyken__
, tr. & intr.v
.: The process of developing
weyken.
+#Data internalized as supportable knowledge with a sustainable provisional truth value ascribed to it through the medium of critical rationalism and reasoning based on evidence (for example - and ideally
, through the [ scientific method|ScientificMethod ])
.
+#
:My
weyken (based on experience and non-falsification) is that the sun will most probably appear to rise tomorrow
.
-__
Weyken System__, n.:
A group of coherent, related and mutually consistent weyken.
+===Collective Noun
+'''
Weyken System'''
+#
A group of supported,
coherent, related and mutually consistent weyken.
-__Aweyken__
, tr. & intr.v
.: Realization
of the benefits
of having separate words to describe
the very different processes
(and possibly outcome qualities
) involved
in ascribing and establishing truth values via rational cogitation as opposed to naive belief
.
+===Transitive Verb===
+
+to '''weyken''' (third-person singular simple present '''weyken'''
, present participle '''weykening''', simple past '''weykened''', past participle '''weykened''')
+
+#To provisionally assign a truth value to a reasonably supported proposition
.
+#
:''After examination, I '''weyken''' these numbers fairly represent the accounts.''
+#To provisionally assign the likelihood
of a predictable event
+#:''Based on
the meteorological indicators, I '''weyken''' there is a likelihood
of rain tomorrow.''
+#To determine, based on evidence
the likelihood that someone is telling the truth.
+#:''After hearing your witnesses on this matter, I '''weyken''' you are correct when you say that.''
+
+===Intransitive Verb===
+
+#to '''weyken'''
(third-person singular simple present '''weykens''', present participle '''weykening''', simple past '''weykened''', past participle '''weykened'''
)
+#To engage
in the process of '''weyken'''
.
+#:''After reviewing the critique, I '''weykened'''''.
+
+===Adjective===
+'''weyken'''
+
+#Describing a cognitive position attained through weyken
+#:John never having seen an white crow, held the weyken perspective that it was possible based on his having seen other albino creatures.
+
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+
+===Related terms===
+*[ Provisional Truth|ProvisionalTruth]
+*[ Falsifiability ]
+*[ Critical Rationalism|CriticalRationalism]
+
+===See Also===
+
+[ belief ]
__Introduced__: The Hermit, 2005 April (Letter posted to the BBS follows [ http://www.churchofvirus.org/bbs/index.php?board=65;action=display;threadid=33430 ]
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See also: [belief], [acceptance], [faith], [trust], [truth], [truth value|truthvalue], [Discussion-Lexicon-Belief-2003-09-03]
