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Absoluteness (logic)

Okay, so have you ever played a game where you make a rule and then everyone playing has to follow it? Like, maybe you say that every time someone says a word starting with the letter "s," they have to jump up and down three times.

Well, in logic (which is like a really fancy game), sometimes people make rules that they say are always true, no matter what. These are called "absolute" rules. It's like if you said, "No matter what word anyone says, they always have to jump up and down three times." That's a rule that's absolute.

The thing about absolute rules is that they're really strict. You can't break them, no matter what. If somebody says a word that starts with "s" but they don't jump up and down three times, they're breaking the rule and that's not allowed.

So, when people talk about "absoluteness" in logic, they're talking about those really strict rules that you can't break. It's like they're saying, "This rule is always true, no matter what." And if you're playing the logic game, you have to follow those rules or you're not playing the game right.
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