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    Let's say I present an argument involving the quality of cars made by two different car manufacturers, A and B: 1. If A-cars break down less frequently than B-cars, then A-cars are higher quality than B-cars 2. A-cars break down less frequently than B-cars ∴ A-cars are higher quality than...
  2. Stumped by seemingly simple proof (LPL 5.1) by hp1940 in Logic Homework
    Hi All, I'm wrapping up a Logic course this semester and it has been very interesting, in particular the proofs. However while doing some review I've realized that I can't prove a simple logical inference. The book we are using is Language, Proof and Logic along with the bundled sof...
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    The saying the grass is always greener over there, is this the underlying factor why what we always wish for never seems to meet our expectations long term, short term yes, but as a species we get bored of the norm as it becomes, as the lottery winner always wished for, lying on a beach all day or g...
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    I have recently decided that I cannot make a decision when it comes to ends and means in ethics. When I first got a grasp on the question, I immediately took a no-it-does-not stance, on the grounds that each moment is significant in itself, each moment is an end in itself, therefore a bad moment lea...
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    Scientology is considered a religion because it is a system of general compensators based on supernatural assumptions, and a set of institutionalized rituals identified with a tradition and expressing and/or evoking sacral sentiments directed at a divine or trans divine focus seen in the co...
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