"The emphasis is on logical necessity, not observation."
Logical necessity means:
If the premises are true and the reasoning is valid, the conclusion must be true.
Observation means:
We have seen many examples supporting the conclusion.
Example:
Observation:
Every swan I have seen is white.
That suggests all swans are white.
But discovering one black swan disproves it.
By contrast:
If you prove a theorem correctly in mathematics, one new example cannot overturn it.
That is why mathematical certainty differs from empirical certainty.
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