User talk:67.161.94.10

deductive reasoning
You edit converted the first definition into a synonym of the second definition, which it is not. --EncycloPetey 04:23, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you for explaining your revert.
 * The first definition is "inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true." The second is "inference in which the conclusion is just as certain as the premises"
 * These are not synonyms. Proof by counterexample:
 * 1. 2+2 is 4
 * 2. Therefore, all bachelors are unmarried males.
 * In this argument, the conclusion is just as certain as the premises, but the the conclusion can be false even though the premises are true. Q.E.D.
 * The old first entry was "inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises." Perhaps that's a more common definition than the current second definition. Shall we replace the current second definition with the old first one? --67.161.94.10 (I keep switching IPs as I move around, sorry.) 20:00, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * (I've made the replacement. Though feel free to revert it or tinker around with it as you see fit.)