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counterexample

NOUN
  1. refutation by example

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  • Tolliver's counterexample, which he calls the pendulum case, goes like this: suppose a physics student has learned that from the period of a pendulum (i.e., the time it takes to complete a swing) one can calculate its length and vice versa. The Epistemic Basing Relation
  • The causal theory of the basing relation is a very influential theory but counterexamples of the gypsy-lawyer style constitute a major objection to this kind of theory.
  • So if what Socrates means by invisibility is the first notion: can't be seen with your eyes, then the argument is not any good, harmony is a pretty compelling counterexample.
  • So the crucial point right now is that, thinking about harmony is offered as a counterexample to the generalization that invisible things can't be destroyed.
  • On the web, there are pages on counterexamples in functional analysis, Clifford algebras, and mathematical programming.
  • It is misleading to call the counterexample the "flatness problem," and then pretend it has a solution. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • And this misconstrual is beyond foolish, for it is transparently clear what the counterexamples are for, and what thesis they are directed at. The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
  • Socrates never says Simmias, here's what your objection goes wrong: harmony is not really invisible or can't be destroyed, whatever it is, so we don't have a counterexample.
  • This story serves as a counterexample, and demonstrates the correct way to design a security system.
  • As is typical in analytic philosophy, he makes his point by means of a counterexample.
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