Posted by Gabbix2 on October 20, 2005, at 12:25:09
In reply to Enthymeme? lol, posted by Nickengland on October 20, 2005, at 10:42:02
> An enthymeme is a syllogism
more closely it's an abbreviated or incomplete syllogism
because one of the 3 fundamental parts is a presumption, or assumption.
> with an unstated assumption which must be true for the premises to lead to the conclusion. In an enthymeme, part of the argument is missing because it is assumed.
okay.
I'm not sure what this is to do with the former posts, but it was directed to me.
I think that perhaps this is a lot more personal to you than I had intended it to be.
There have been many similar (who's who) incidents during my time at babble which were part of my reference.
Finding the pseudonym behind the pseudonym behind the pseudonym isn't all that important to me as a general rule, though there are times I'm sure that it might matter.
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