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Non sequitur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A non sequitur (pronounced /ˌnɒnˈsɛkwɨtər/ ) is a conversational and literary device, often used for comical purposes (as opposed to its use in formal logic). It is a comment which, due to...
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Ars Technica Ars OpenForum 3.0b The Soap Box "Anyone with a proper education has been taught latin and hence would be able to determine what non sequitur means"
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Encyclopedia information on Non Sequitur ... Though the term "non sequitur" can be used broadly as an informal fallacy to describe any unwarranted conclusion, it is most often used when a statement openly contradicts itself and makes no sense. Here are some examples of some obvious non sequiturs.
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"Non sequitur" means literally "it does not follow". My personal use of this term is to refer to fallacies in which one or more premises are irrelevant to an inference, and the inference is in fact arbitrary.
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Non sequitur (logic) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Non sequitur (Latin for "it does not follow"), in formal logic, is an argument in which its conclusion does not follow from its premises. In a non sequitur , the conclusion can be either true or ...
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Glossary of Religion and Philosophy - non sequitur ... The Latin phrase "non sequitur" literally means "it does not follow." It is used as a label for an informal fallacy which is committed whenever an argument appears to draw an inference from premises which are not logically connected to it.
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