The Aristotelian syllogism would run, “Humans have ten fingers, Fred has nine fingers, therefore Fred is not a human” but the way we actually think is “Humans have ten fingers, Fred is a human, therefore Fred is a ‘nine-fingered human’.”
It’s not important to your central claim, but this is the strawmanniest thing since Straw Man came to Straw Town.
It’s not important to your central claim, but this is the strawmanniest thing since Straw Man came to Straw Town.