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experimental research.
Thus far, we have no means of expressing
an absurdity. Let us invent a sign
which shall assert that everything is true.
Nothing could be more illogical than that
statement, inasmuch as it would render logic false
as well as needless. Were every graph
asserted to be true, there would be nothing that
could be added to that assertion.
Accordingly, our expression for it may very appropriately
consist in completely filling up
the area on which it is asserted. Such
filling up of an area, may be termed a blot.
Take the conditional proposition
de inesse, “If it rains then everything
is true
\vscroll {It rains} {blot}
That amounts to denying that it rains.
But there is no need of making the
inner cut so large. Let us write | 1512
experimental research.
Thus far, we have no means of expressing
an absurdity. Let us invent a sign
which shall assert that everything is true.
Nothing could be more illogical than that
statement, inasmuch as it would render logic false
as well as needless. Were every graph
asserted to be true, there would be nothing that
could be added to that assertion.
Accordingly, our expression for it may very appropriately
consist in completely filling up
the area on which it is asserted. Such
filling up of an area, may be termed a blot.
Take the conditional proposition
de inesse, "If it rains then everything
is true
[encode graph in LaTeX ??]
That amounts to denying that it rains.
But there is no need of making the
inner cut so large. Let us write |
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