# Trying to work out the logic of this syllogism "Pretense is to reason as..." **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 30, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-work-out-the-logic-of-this-syllogism-pretense-is-to-reason-as/967162 "2022-06-30T02:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Octagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/2acd7d/32.png) [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-work-out-the-logic-of-this-syllogism-pretense-is-to-reason-as/967162/41 "2022-07-02T03:53:13Z")
I couldn’t download the links either. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-work-out-the-logic-of-this-syllogism-pretense-is-to-reason-as/967162/42 "2022-07-02T04:15:22Z")
> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#): > > But has anyone ever heard ‘alibi’ used in the context of a meeting, as a synonym for “words from someone who couldn’t attend”? I have never heard it, but it just means “elsewhere” in Latin, and that literal sense would work. Is it possible that this is a formal context where a Latin word might have been preserved? ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-work-out-the-logic-of-this-syllogism-pretense-is-to-reason-as/967162/43 "2022-07-02T04:18:37Z")
Makes sense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-work-out-the-logic-of-this-syllogism-pretense-is-to-reason-as/967162.md?page=2)