If a counter-example is restricted to presence ranges only, inference rules become unfalsifiable in domains where properties are known primarily through their absences, violating the Nyāya norm of testability.
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A statement or theory that's impossible to prove wrong because it's designed in a way that any evidence against it can be reinterpreted to support it instead.
domains(the statement uses 'domains' to mean different areas where we learn things)
Specific areas or categories of knowledge and experience—like math, sports, cooking, or recognizing animals.
inference rules(As used in the DIRT system by Lin and Pantel)
Rules expressing approximate equivalence between relational phrases, such as 'X finds a solution to Y ≈ X solves Y', derived statistically from text corpora.