Independent/independence  Of the attitude of an actor who is to a considerable degree free of the influence of others' judgements, opinions, interests, motivations, or beliefs; of the quality of something - not controlled, constrained, or under the influence of something else; a property of two (or more) events such that the probability that one event will occur is unaffected by the occurrence of another (others); a state in which changes in one variable do not systematically vary with changes in another (see: orthogonal); the characteristic of a given proposition that its truth does not rely on the truth of other particular propositions.    » Return to belief, judgement, and clear thinking »    Labels: independent/independence

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