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How do you use Nicod in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Nicod in a sentence

Related words

Nicod | Nicodemus | Nicodemo | Nicodromus | Nicodemou

Nicod meaning

A surname

Using Nicod

  • The main meaning on this page is: A surname
  • In the example corpus, nicod often appears in combinations such as: jean nicod.

Context around Nicod

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

criticize 1× knowledge 1× jean 1× interpret 1× example 1×

Often after:

ecole 1×

Sentence patterns with Nicod

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

appears that nicod s condition 1× background knowledge nicod s criterion 1× implicitly interpret nicod s criterion 1× institut jean nicod ecole normale 1× nicod s criterion 1× remarks on nicod s axiom 1× s example nicod s criterion 1× shows that nicod s criterion 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

furthermore the arguments 1× good had shown 1× nicod s criterion 1× proceedings of the 1× the paradox arises 1× the paradox shows 1×

Common sentence endings:

are no ravens 1× does not follow 1× in social learning 1× is still false 1× logic in 1965 1× not mutually consistent 1×

Words around Nicod

Just before it in the word index:

nicobarese 4 nicobar 50 nico 263 nicn 5 niclas 14 nicky 219

Just after it in the word index:

nicodemo 3 nicodemou 2 nicodemus 19 nicodromus 3 nicol 62 nicola 659

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Nicod

  • In this selection, "nicod" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, criticize, knowledge, jean and ecole stand out and add context to how "nicod" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include appears that nicod s condition and background knowledge nicod s criterion. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "nicod" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with nicod

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Nicod's criterion is false, according to Good, and so the paradoxical conclusion does not follow. (16 words)

The paradox shows that Nicod's criterion and Hempel's equivalence condition are not mutually consistent. (16 words)

The paradox arises, according to this resolution, because we implicitly interpret Nicod's criterion as applying to all predicates when in fact it only applies to natural kinds. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

Furthermore, the arguments that Good and Maher used to criticize Nicod's criterion (see Good's Baby, above) relied on this fact – that "All ravens are black" is highly probable when it is highly probable that there are no ravens. (40 words)

The possibility remained that, with respect to our actual configuration of knowledge, which is very different from Good's example, Nicod's criterion might still be true and so we could still reach the paradoxical conclusion. (36 words)

Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Propagation of animal culture Researchers at the Département d’Etudes Cognitives, Institut Jean Nicod, Ecole Normale Supérieure acknowledged a difficulty with research in social learning. (33 words)

Example sentences (9)

Furthermore, the arguments that Good and Maher used to criticize Nicod's criterion (see Good's Baby, above) relied on this fact – that "All ravens are black" is highly probable when it is highly probable that there are no ravens.

Good had shown that, for some configurations of background knowledge, Nicod's criterion is false (provided that we are willing to equate "inductively support" with "increase the probability of" – see below).

Nicod's criterion is false, according to Good, and so the paradoxical conclusion does not follow.

Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Propagation of animal culture Researchers at the Département d’Etudes Cognitives, Institut Jean Nicod, Ecole Normale Supérieure acknowledged a difficulty with research in social learning.

The paradox arises, according to this resolution, because we implicitly interpret Nicod's criterion as applying to all predicates when in fact it only applies to natural kinds.

The paradox shows that Nicod's criterion and Hempel's equivalence condition are not mutually consistent.

The possibility remained that, with respect to our actual configuration of knowledge, which is very different from Good's example, Nicod's criterion might still be true and so we could still reach the paradoxical conclusion.

The referring paper by Łukasiewicz Remarks on Nicod's Axiom and on "Generalizing Deduction" was reviewed by H. A. Pogorzelski in the Journal of Symbolic Logic in 1965.

This, according to Good, is as close as one can reasonably expect to get to a condition of perfect ignorance, and it appears that Nicod's condition is still false.

Common combinations with nicod

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "nicod" in a sentence?
An example: "Furthermore, the arguments that Good and Maher used to criticize Nicod's criterion (see Good's Baby, above) relied on this fact – that "All ravens are black" is highly probable when it is highly probable that there are no ravens." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "nicod" from authentic English texts.
What does "nicod" mean?
Nicod means: A surname
How many example sentences with "nicod" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "nicod", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.