Class Premise

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.philosophy.Premise

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Premise
extends Object
implements Serializable

Represents a logic premise, consisting of a statement and its assigned truth value.

Premises are used as the fundamental building blocks for arguments and syllogisms within a logical framework.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Premise(String statement)	Creates a premise assumed to be True.
Premise(String statement, boolean truthValue)	Creates a premise with an explicit truth value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getStatement()
boolean	isTrue()	Returns the boolean truth value of this premise.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Premise

public Premise(String statement)

Creates a premise assumed to be True.

Parameters:

statement - the textual claim of the premise

Premise

public Premise(String statement,
 boolean truthValue)

Creates a premise with an explicit truth value.

Parameters:

statement - the textual claim

truthValue - validity of the claim

Method Details

getStatement

public String getStatement()

isTrue

public boolean isTrue()

Returns the boolean truth value of this premise.

Returns:

true if the premise is considered true in the current context

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object