Guest Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 1) All ravens are black This can be translated to 2) Everything that is not black is not a raven the first "fact" is supported by: 3)Nevermore,my pet raven is black And the second one by: 4) This green (and therefore not black) thing is an apple (and not a raven) However does all of that prove all black things are ravens in any way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 No it does not, it only states the ONLY black things CAN be Ravens, but for instance a black cat won't contradict any of the above... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1) All ravens are black
This can be translated to
2) Everything that is not black is not a raven
the first "fact" is supported by:
3)Nevermore,my pet raven is black
And the second one by:
4) This green (and therefore not black) thing is an apple (and not a raven)
However does all of that prove all black things are ravens in any way?
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