second-order
Effect of effect
Second-order describes something that operates at a remove from the primary level—an effect of an effect, a consequence of a consequence.
In logic and mathematics, second-order systems can quantify over sets or properties, not just individual elements.
More broadly, second-order thinking considers indirect effects: The second-order consequences of that policy weren't obvious until years later.
A second-order problem arises from attempts to solve the first one.
Awareness of own reasoning
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
evaluation · meta-awareness · recursive · self-regulation · mindfulness · abstraction · perspective-taking
Function's rate of change
- differentialRelative difference between things
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- approximationNear but inexact value
- TaylorSeamster-derived name
perturbation · infinitesimal · linearization · expansion · variation · correction · term · analysis
Consequences or belongings
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- feedbackReturned response data
- emergentNewly come into existence
- indirectNot straight or immediate
unintended · ripple · cascading · downstream · interdependence · complexity · dynamics · network
Obtained from a source
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
- dependentRequiring outside support
- tieredHaving multiple levels
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
mediated · indirect · peripheral · supporting · derivative · contingent · removed · intermediate
Sentence's non-subject portion
- quantificationExpressing something numerically
- variableProne to fluctuation
- metalanguageVocabulary describing linguistic structure
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
inference · entailment · semantics · syntax · completeness · incompleteness · formal · proposition
metacognition
Awareness of own reasoning
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
monitoring · evaluation · meta-awareness · recursive · self-regulation · mindfulness · abstraction · perspective-taking
derivative
Function's rate of change
- differentialRelative difference between things
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- approximationNear but inexact value
Taylor · perturbation · infinitesimal · linearization · expansion · variation · correction · term · analysis · polynomial
effects
Consequences or belongings
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- feedbackReturned response data
- emergentNewly come into existence
indirect · unintended · ripple · cascading · downstream · interdependence · complexity · dynamics · network · nonlinear
derived
Obtained from a source
delegation · mediated · indirect · peripheral · supporting · derivative · contingent · removed · intermediate
predicate
Sentence's non-subject portion
- quantificationExpressing something numerically
- variableProne to fluctuation
- metalanguageVocabulary describing linguistic structure
axiom · inference · entailment · semantics · syntax · completeness · incompleteness · formal · proposition · reasoning
- perturbation methodstime-dependent, time-independent, Taylor expansion, truncation
- Self-referenceself-reference, self-referential, recursion, recursive, meta
- differentialsdifferential equation, differential calculus, derivative, pressure differential, rear differential
second-orderfirst-order
Simplest logical level
primary · fundamental · ground-level · basic · elementary
second, order, seconds, secondly, secondary, secondaries, orders, ordered, ordering