Klarinet Archive - Posting 000254.txt from 2009/02

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fair Use
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:58:29 -0500

http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/fallacies.html#Non%20sequitur/

Non Sequitur /("It does not follow"). This is the simple fallacy of
stating, as a conclusion, something that does not strictly follow from
the premises.

-Adam

Jonathan Cohler wrote:
> To further clarify your (Tim Roberts) task in proving me wrong...
>
> This statement:
>
> "If it has NEVER been adjudicated that XXXXXXXX is a violation of the
> law, then it is VERY LIKELY XXXXXXXX is NOT a violation of the law."
>
> is a statement of the form "If A then B."
>
> This means, "If A is true then B is true." This is logically
> equivalent to saying either A is not true or B is true.
>
> If this statement is FALSE then A must be true and B must be false.
>
> Now, in the case in question:
>
> A = "it has NEVER been adjudicated that XXXXXXXXX is a violation
> of law"
>
> B = "it is VERY LIKELY XXXXXXXX is NOT a violation of the law."
>
> So the only way you can prove my statement FALSE is to prove BOTH of
> the following:
>
> 1. It has NEVER been adjudicated that xxxxxxxxxx is a violation of
> law.
> 2. It is NOT VERY LIKELY XXXXXXXX is NOT a violation of the law.
>
> So far you haven't proven either of these statments.
>
> Therefore, you cannot assert that my statement is false.
>

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