![]() ![]() This course is about what follows from what : when it really is the case that when something is true, other things have to be true too. We talk like this when we think that what someone has said means that they just have to agree to some conclusion (or give up one of the claims they started from). This is obviously a Mickey Mouse example, but the issue it points to is important in many areas of daily life where evidence and clear arguments matter, such as politics, the law, public health and the application of technology. “And that Mickey is bigger than Dumbo ” No! That doesn’t follow. “It just follows! If you believe that Mickey is a big mouse and Dumbo is a small elephant, you just have to believe that Mickey is a mouse and Dumbo is an elephant ” Sure.
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