De voldoende voorwaarde
Example: Vrijheid is een voldoende voorwaarde voor geluk in het leven.
Definition
"De voldoende voorwaarde" refers to a condition or set of conditions that, if met, guarantee the occurrence or truth of a particular event or statement. In philosophy, it means that when this condition is fulfilled, the desired outcome necessarily follows, as in freedom being a sufficient condition for happiness.
Etymology
The phrase "de voldoende voorwaarde" comes from Dutch, where "voldoende" means sufficient or enough, and "voorwaarde" means condition. Together, they form the concept of a sufficient condition in philosophical and logical contexts. Did you know that this concept is essential in formal logic to distinguish between necessary and sufficient conditions?
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the sufficient condition