- Mon May 18, 2015 8:17 pm
#18673
Hey guys,
On page 42 of the 2015 LRB, you provide the example "The post office on Main Street has been closed every Sunday since 1956, so it will probably be closed this Sunday as well."
You use this example to show that the term "probably" prevents the reasoning above from being flawed. If the term "probably" was omitted from the statement, would the statement have flawed reasoning?
If so, would the reasoning be flawed because it assumes that just because something occurred in the past, it will happen in the future?
Thanks!
On page 42 of the 2015 LRB, you provide the example "The post office on Main Street has been closed every Sunday since 1956, so it will probably be closed this Sunday as well."
You use this example to show that the term "probably" prevents the reasoning above from being flawed. If the term "probably" was omitted from the statement, would the statement have flawed reasoning?
If so, would the reasoning be flawed because it assumes that just because something occurred in the past, it will happen in the future?
Thanks!