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Fundamental Principal of Reasoning |
If one uses a reason to justify one's belief, then "ceteris paribus" (all things being equal), one cannot deny the use of that reason to anyone else |
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Statement |
a sentence which can have the property of being true or false. ≠straightforward questions or commands |
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True |
A property of those statements which comport with reality |
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Logic |
The study of the relevance between statements, and everything that is connected to it. |
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Relevance |
Connection or relation to. A statement is relevant to another when their truths are intertwined. |
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Difference between Truth and Logic |
A true statement is a way of characterizing the world as it is. Logic: only applies with 2+ statements, involves truth but is not the same thing, and addresses the ? of whether the truth of one statement is relevant to the truth of another. |
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Rhetorical question |
A question which is not meant to be answered, but is meant to be used for rhetorical effect.
Way to make a point w/o directly asserting it
Not really a question
Can be a premise or conclusion
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Ought imperative |
A command which is best seen as a "should" statement. |
