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Explanatory Statements – The Theory Of Why, Aharon Grenadir Apr 2017

Explanatory Statements – The Theory Of Why, Aharon Grenadir

School for Lifelong Education Publications

The author explains what explanatory statements are, focusing on examples in Jewish texts.


The Logic Of Concessive Statements, Aharon Grenadir May 2016

The Logic Of Concessive Statements, Aharon Grenadir

School for Lifelong Education Publications

Concessive statements appear frequently in everyday reasoning. They are one of the eleven types of statement mentioned in the Ramchal‟s Sefer Derech Tevunos. In addition, in Talmudic discussions, every statement has a presupposition (hava-amina) and a conclusion (ka mashma lan). This goal of this research is to organize the categorizations of concessive statements that are stated in the technical literature. Using the distintinction in lomdus between dechiyah (overriding a law) and hutrah (removal of a law), a novel categorization can be added, according to the type of denial of the expectation by the main clause. That is the subject of …


A Formalization Of Topical Logic, Aharon Grenadir Apr 2015

A Formalization Of Topical Logic, Aharon Grenadir

School for Lifelong Education Publications

The author discusses the history of topical logic.