1) American comic strip 2) Discontinuity 3) Foolish reply 4) Illogical reply 5) Irrelevant remark 6) Latin phrase
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: (nahn sek [as in heck]-kwit-her) n. Latin for "it does not follow." The term usually means that a conclusion does not logically follow from the facts or law, stated: "That's a non sequitur."
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[comic strip] Non Sequitur is a comic strip created by Wiley Miller (usually credited as just Wiley) in 1992 and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate to over 700 newspapers. The strip can be found online at gocomics.com, and it is also available via email and on mobile phones. Translated from Latin as `it does not follow`, Non Sequitur i...
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[literary device] A non sequitur (ər; Latin for not sequence meaning it does not follow) is a conversational and literary device, often used for comedic purposes. It is something said that, because of its apparent lack of meaning relative to what preceded it, seems absurd to the point of being humorous or confusing.{examples needed} This u...
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[logic] Non sequitur (Latin for `it does not follow`), in formal logic, is an argument in which its conclusion does not follow from its premises. In a non sequitur, the conclusion could be either true or false, but the argument is fallacious because there is a disconnection between the premise and the conclusion. All invalid arguments are s...
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• An inference which does not follow from the premises. • An inference which does not follow from the premises.
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The Latin term 'Non sequitur' means, in a UK legal context: 'an inconsistent statement, it does not follow'.
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A latin term meaning "it does not follow" which means that a logical conclusion was not arrived without following the leagal facts.The events that occurred earlier in connection with the case were not taken ino consideration before taking the decision.
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Non seq'ui·tur [ Latin , it does not follow.]
(Logic) An inference which does not follow from the premises.
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n] - a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it 2. [n] - (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
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Non sequitur; non seq. It does not follow. In formal logic a non sequitur is a faulty conclusion arrived at by violating a principle of sound reasoning. A common example is false generalization. In the sentence pair 'It was that California guy who hotwired my car so he could steal it' and 'All of these Californians are dirty thieves,' the second ...
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non sequitur 1. A statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it. 2. A statement containing an illogical conclusion. 3. In logic, a conclusion that does not follow from the premises. A non sequitur is a literary device; in comedy, it is a comment which, due to its lack of meaning relative to the comment it follows, is absurd to t...
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A statement bearing no relationship to the preceding context.
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a statement/conclusion which is not actually proven or demonstrated by the preceding evidence/argument/justification - an inadequately supported claim
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An inconsistent statement, it does not follow
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noun (logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
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is any fallacy which has not even the deceptive appearance of valid reasoning, or in which there is a complete lack of connection between the premisses advanced and the conclusion drawn. By some, however, non sequitur is identified with Aristotle's fallacy of the consequent, which includes the two fallacies of denial of the antecedent (q. v.) and ....
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an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises. · a statement containing an illogical conclusion.
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