Denigma
hevok @hevok February 23, 2013
Concept #deduction #rules

Logical Inference

Simple Inference Rules can be built always by the same Patterns or Templates.

  • add up, Logical Conclusion

  • Inference Rules, all built according to the same Pattern.

major premise All Humans are mortal

minor premise All Greeks are Humans

Conclusion All Greeks are mortal

So this defines a Pattern. According to this Pattern one can do Logic, because between premises and the conclusion one can do an inference. This inference can be done by a simple Machine so it is always the same: one has a Subject, predicate as well as major, middle, and minor Terms. With this one comes up with a machine that is able to with Rules that are expressed with these Patterns to make mechanical Conclusions.