Logic / Unit 8 Logic 393 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Complex Question
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The idea
A question carrying a concealed assumption, where any direct answer concedes it.
In practice
"Have you stopped falsifying your timesheets?" Yes or no — either way, welcome to the falsifiers.
Where people slip
The remedy is refusing the question's frame: "The premise is false." Near-miss: questions legitimately presuppose established facts — that's just conversation.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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