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of discourse; while the statement “It rains” is a
mere supposition. Let us say that that
bottom inside the outer cut represents another
universe, a universe of supposition, and
that it is only in that universe that it is said
to rain. Besides this graph, “It rains” the
bottom of the outer cut contains the inner cut
which interrupts its surface; and inside the inner we will
make believe that a patch is put on with a
surface like that of the blackboard, although
cut off from it. I use the word area for any part of
the surface [unbounded?] or bounded by cuts,
never extending [through??] a cut.
The outer cut is itself on the sheet the
sheet of assertion although the
whole of its interior is severed from
that sheet. Now this outer cut by being on
the sheet of assertion, represents the
conditional proposition de inesse to
be true of the universe of discourse.
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In order to get an insight into how
the scroll represents the conditional proposition de inesse,
we must make a little | 1311
of discourse; while the statement “It rains” is a
mere supposition. Let us say that that
bottom inside the outer cut represents another
universe, a universe of supposition, and
that it is only in that universe that it is said
to rain. Besides this graph, “It rains” the
bottom of the outer cut contains the inner cut
which interrupts its surface; and inside the inner we will
make believe that a patch is put on with a
surface like that of the blackboard, although
cut off from it. I use the word area for any part of
the surface [??bounded??] or bounded by cuts,
never extending [through??] a cut.
The outer cut is itself on the sheet the
sheet of assertion although the
whole of its interior is severed from
that sheet. Now this outer cut by being on
the sheet of assertion, represents the
conditional proposition de inesse to
be true of the universe of discourse.
[insert next (unnumbered) page here??]
In order to get an insight into how
the scroll represents the conditional proposition de inesse,
we must make a little |
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