Raymond M. Smullyan

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Raymond M. Smullyan

American mathematician and logician

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…the American mathematician and logician Raymond M. Smullyan. Resting on the observation that it is impossible for the premises of a valid argument to be true while the conclusion is false, this method attempts to interpret (or evaluate) the premises in such a way that they are all simultaneously satisfied…
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…the American mathematician and logician Raymond M. Smullyan. Resting on the observation that it is impossible for the premises of a valid argument to be true while the conclusion is false, this method attempts to interpret (or evaluate) the premises in such a way that they are all simultaneously satisfied…
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