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• premise / premises —    A premise usually means assumption : Since the basic premise was wrong, all the conclusions based on it were wrong, too.    Premises are a house or building and the grounds around it: Smoking is not allowed on the premises …   Confused words

• premise / premises —    A premise usually means assumption : Since the basic premise was wrong, all the conclusions based on it were wrong, too.    Premises are a house or building and the grounds around it: Smoking is not allowed on the premises …   Confused words

• premise — 01. His main [premise] for arguing that there must be life on other planets is the fact that the universe is infinite; thus, it is inevitable. 02. Before continuing negotiations any further, we need to determine if we all agree with the [premise] …   Grammatical examples in English

• premise — prem·ise || premɪs n. proposition, basic assumption, presupposition, fundamental presumption v. assume, hypothesize, theorize, presume, postulate …   English contemporary dictionary

• False premise — A false premise is an incorrect proposition that forms the basis of a logical syllogism . Since the premise (proposition, or assumption) is not correct, the conclusion drawn may be in error. It is important to note, however, that the logical… …   Wikipedia

• List of basic topics in logic — For a more comprehensive list, see the List of logic topics. Logic, a branch of both philosophy and mathematics, is the study of criteria for the evaluation of arguments. The task of the logician is to advance an account of valid and fallacious… …   Wikipedia

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• Cosmological argument — The cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of a First Cause (or instead, an Uncaused cause) to the universe, and by extension is often used as an argument for the existence of an unconditioned or supreme being, usually then… …   Wikipedia

• EDUCATION — Pre State 1880–1914. Education in the small yishuv, which numbered about 25,000 in 1880, largely resembled the traditional types prevailing in Jewish communities elsewhere. The Jews of East European origin maintained the traditional ḥeder, talmud …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• List of GURPS books — books. Bottom tier are core books necessary to play, moving up to least necessary.Using resources from further up the stack requires less preparation work on the part of the game master.] List of GURPS books is a listing of the publications from… …   Wikipedia