There is no statutory requirement that formal logic be adhered to during examination of patent claims. Examiners and patent practitioners are free to use a wide variety of discussion and argument ...
This paper takes issue with a recent proposal due to Shogenji (Synthese 184:29—48, 2012). In his paper, Shogenji introduces J, a normatively motivated formal measure of justification (and of ...
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. —Sun Tzu Source: Viktor Vasnetsov/Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) The enemies of rational thought can take ...