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BPFK Section: Causation sumtcita

Jorge Llambías scripsit:
> > Examples of ni'i Usage
> >
> > .i la platos mrobi'o ni'i le du'u py remna
> > Plato dies, which follows logically because he is human.
>
> Strictly, there is a premise missing here. "Plato dies"
> follows logically from "Plato is human" and "all humans die",
> but not just from "Plato is human".

A sorites is just as much a logical argument as a syllogism, no matter
how many premises are omitted.

--
John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan
Original line from The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold:
"Only on Barrayar would pulling a loaded needler start a stampede toward one."
English-to-Russian-to-English mangling thereof: "Only on Barrayar you risk to
lose support instead of finding it when you threat with the charged weapon."