@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Fraassen,Bas van}, subject = {Strength of Theories}, note = {I 114 Weakening/attenuation/law/logic/Conditional/Fraassen: 1st A > B - 2nd A and C > B On the other hand everyday language: here no weakening: E.g. ...if the match would have been additionally immersed in water... - (tacit ceteris paribus condition) - (weakening/((s): what follows from n premises follows also from n +1 premises). This applies in logic, but not in everyday language. >Formal language, >Everyday language, >Ideal language. }, note = { Fr I B. van Fraassen The Scientific Image Oxford 1980 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=269757} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=269757} }