Steve3007 wrote: ↑August 12th, 2018, 10:03 amThis is not a generalization-universalization. It's the opposite. You've gone from every human body to just Bergson's. Generalizations come from Induction. They are of the form:Mosesquine wrote:Deduction is meaningful, since it gives general-universal principles. Suppose that physicists found that human bodies are made up of molecules. Then, the physicists can do the following deduction:
Every human body is made up of molecules.
Bergson is a human body.
Therefore, Bergson is made up of molecules.
If there were no deduction, then such a generalization-universalization above would not be.
Bergson is made up of molecules.
Loads of other people are made up of molecules.
Until I find one that isn't, I propose that every human body is made up of molecules.
[Insert some logical symbology to represent the above here.]
I think it's entirely possible that Barack Obama will consult a small logic table before he dies. He may even already have done so.ThomasHobbes wrote:I agree that small logic tables please similar minds. But most people know Obama will die without consulting one.
The first premise (i.e., "Every human body is made up of molecules") is a generalization-universalization. I don't mean the conclusion is so.