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Etymology
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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=0].
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Noun
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'''weyken''' (''plural'' [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.
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Collective Noun
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'''Weyken System'''
#A group of supported, coherent, related and mutually consistent weyken.
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Transitive Verb===
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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.
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#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.''
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Intransitive Verb===
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#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'''''.
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Adjective===
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'''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===
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*[ Provisional Truth|ProvisionalTruth]
*[ Falsifiability ]
*[ Critical Rationalism|CriticalRationalism]
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See Also===
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[ 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 ]