The Logic of the Whole Truth

Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal 15 (2):435-446 (1989)
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Abstract

Note: The author holds the copyright, and there was no agreement, express or implied, not to use a facsimile PDF. Using erotetic logic, the paper defines the "the whole truth" in a manner consistent with U.S. Supreme Court precedent. It cannot mean "the whole story," as witnesses in an adversary system are permitted /only/ to answer the questions put to them, nor are they permitted to speculate, add irrelevant material, etc. Nor can it mean not to add an admixture of falsity, as that is already included in "nothing but the truth," and, strictly speaking, in "the truth," as any such as admixture renders the whole thing false (given bivalence is presupposed) by &-introduction.

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