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| Premises: premises are assumptions within logical conclusions. From them follows a conclusion. Premises are written in a separate line. This makes them different from implications written in one line that contain an antecedent with one or more conditions and a post-sentence. See also syllogisms._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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W. Poundstone on Premises - Dictionary of Arguments
I 282 Final chains/in pairs/Poundstone: premises must be checked in pairs (all combinations), because contradictions can be in the transition to the next element: E.g. All grass is green - all hay is brown, hay is grass. >Presuppositions, cf. >Hypotheses, >Verification, >Confirmation, >Verification. "In pairs" that means "takes into account all combinations". The number of necessary verifications doubles with every adventitious element. I 289 Therefore we cannot check our complex beliefs for consistency. - (300 elements: would need 38 million years of computing time). >Contradictions, >Consistency._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Poundstone I William Poundstone Labyrinths of Reason, NY, 1988 German Edition: Im Labyrinth des Denkens Hamburg 1995 |
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