Remedial education needed (please help :-)
Bill Hamilton (hamilton@predator.cs.gmr.com)
Tue, 24 Mar 1998 13:52:10 -0500I had occasion to be reminded of my unfamiliarity with some of the
terminology logicians use -- and that philosophers use when discussing
logic. I once figured out, by carefully reading posts on this refloector
and others what modus ponens meant, but I have forgotten. Then while
reading a paper on Popper, Falsifiability and Evolutionary Biology (Biology
and Philosophy 11:161-191, 1996) I came across modus tollens.
If someone could provide definitions, I'd be grateful. My gratitude would
overflow even more for pointers (on the web or elsewhere) to sources of
definitions from specific fields like logic, philosophy, evolutionary
biology,...
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Bill Hamilton
Staff Research Engineer
Chassis and Vehicle Systems
GM R&D Center
Warren, MI