Re: Are all crows black? => Logic as an essential

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From: Michael Zeleny
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 04:17

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In article <1duqtpINNjl1@columbia.cs.ubc.ca> 
kean@cs.ubc.ca (Alex Kean) writes:

>In article <MARTINC.92Nov12021908@hatteras.cs.unc.edu>
>martinc@hatteras.cs.unc.edu writes:

CM:
>>Let's not put Will off of syllogistic logic, though, please.  There are
>>too many people graduating as it is without knowing the difference
>>between "All men are mortal/Socrates is a man -> Socrates is mortal" and
>>"All men are mortal/Socrates is mortal -> Socrates is a man".

AK:
>I have not graduated yet, what is the difference?

Validity.  (This is truly depressing.)

AK:
>Best Regards,

Have you considered a career in feminist computer science?

>Alex Kean <kean@cs.ubc.ca>
>
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>
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cordially,
mikhail zeleny@husc.harvard.edu
" -- I shall speak bluntly, because life is short."

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Subject: Re: Are all crows black? => Logic as an essential
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