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principle of sufficient reason

principle of sufficient reason noun: the proposition that nothing happens without a sufficient reason why it should be as it is and not otherwise.

Noun

principle of sufficient reason

  1. The proposition that nothing happens without a sufficient reason why it should be as it is and not otherwise.

Synonyms of principle of sufficient reason

Questions about principle of sufficient reason

What does principle of sufficient reason mean?
Principle of sufficient reason means the proposition that nothing happens without a sufficient reason why it should be as it is and not otherwise.
What part of speech is principle of sufficient reason?
Principle of sufficient reason is a noun.

Words near principle of sufficient reason in the dictionary

  1. principle of locality
  2. principle of parsimony
  3. principle of Pseudo-Scotus
  4. principle of relativity
  5. principle of substitutivity
  6. principle of sufficient reason
  7. principle of verifiability
  8. principle of verification
  9. principled
  10. principledly
  11. principledness

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