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  2. Affirming the consequent - Wikipedia

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    Example 1. One way to demonstrate the invalidity of this argument form is with a counterexample with true premises but an obviously false conclusion. For example: If someone lives in San Diego, then they live in California. Joe lives in California. Therefore, Joe lives in San Diego. There are many places to live in California other than San Diego.

  3. Logical consequence - Wikipedia

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    Logical consequence is necessary and formal, by way of examples that explain with formal proof and models of interpretation. [1] A sentence is said to be a logical consequence of a set of sentences, for a given language , if and only if , using only logic (i.e., without regard to any personal interpretations of the sentences) the sentence must ...

  4. Textual entailment - Wikipedia

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    hypothesis: Giving money to a poor man has good consequences. An example of a negative TE (text contradicts hypothesis) is: text: If you help the needy, God will reward you. hypothesis: Giving money to a poor man has no consequences. An example of a non-TE (text does not entail nor contradict) is: text: If you help the needy, God will reward you.

  5. Conditional sentence - Wikipedia

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    A conditional sentence expressing an implication (also called a factual conditional sentence) essentially states that if one fact holds, then so does another. (If the sentence is not a declarative sentence, then the consequence may be expressed as an order or a question rather than a statement.)

  6. Harmless error - Wikipedia

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    For example, a prosecutor may try to bolster his case by bringing in an expert witness to explain the behavior of one of the key witnesses. If the judge allows the expert to testify that there was a reason to explain away inconsistencies in the witness's testimony, this will most likely be grounds for an appeal, as in most cases evidence that ...

  7. ‘No consequence’ for DUP ministers who boycotted ... - AOL

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    A lack of consequence for DUP ministers who boycotted meetings of the North South Ministerial Council in the previous mandate has been highlighted. Stormont opposition leader Matthew O’Toole ...

  8. Circular reasoning - Wikipedia

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    As a consequence, the argument becomes a matter of faith and fails to persuade those who don't already accept it. Other ways to express this are that there is no reason to accept the premises unless one already believes the conclusion, or that the premises provide no independent ground or evidence for the conclusion. [ 3 ]

  9. 'No consequence' for juvenile offenders, say NJ mayors ... - AOL

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