Philosophy Lexicon of Arguments
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Forms of arguments, typical patterns.: _____________ 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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Goodman, Nelson   Books on Amazon	Forms of Thinking	II 33 ff Definition: One counter-example is enough. E.g. Everything in my pocket is made of silver No President of the United States in the 20th century will be between 185-186 cm tall. --- II 37 f Definition few confirmations are enough: All five-mark pieces are made of silver. All plants, originating from this seed, will bloom yellow. --- III 104 And the fact that I might be able in the future to perceive a difference that I do not perceive now, constitutes now for me a significant aesthetic difference between the two. --- III 104 If in fact, no difference can be perceived, then the existence of a difference is based alone on something that can be proved (or not) by other means than mere looking at it. _____________ 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.	G I N. Goodman Weisen der Welterzeugung Frankfurt 1984 G II N. Goodman Tatsache Fiktion Voraussage Frankfurt 1988 G III N. Goodman Sprachen der Kunst Frankfurt 1997 G IV N. Goodman/K. Elgin Revisionen Frankfurt 1989

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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2017-07-21