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###Welcome to darapti!

###About me P. Coleman.

  • College student
  • Philosophy major
  • Formal logic geek
  • Solo novice developer

###What in the world's a darapti?

Darapti is one of the valid categorical syllogisms in formal logic, as constructed by Aristotle.

A syllogism is an argument consisting of two or more premises and a conclusion. It uses deductive reasoning to arrive at the conclusion from the premises.

There are 256 possible syllogisms, but only ~20 valid forms. However, Aristotle's system proved hard to memorize alone (too many darn vowels), so the medievals created mnemonics for the valid forms. Darapti is one of them.

(paraphrased from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism))

###Darapti as a syllogism:

Premise: All hackathons are fun events.
Premise: All hackathons are strenuous events.
Conclusion: So, some strenuous events are fun events.

###Why darapti?

  1. Darapti is a weakened form. For the conclusion to be true, it must assume that the terms in the premises are.

  2. It's a reminder for me to check all parts of my program and make sure they function. Otherwise, just like an argument, it'll fall apart.

  3. Logic is how I gained the confidence to code.
  4. Darapti also rolls off the tongue well (dah-rahp-tee).

###Why hackathon?

  1. Why not?
  2. I've been sitting on my butt with some ideas, but haven't been inspired to build them yet.
  3. I like the opportunity to try to build something in a limited time frame.

###Skillset and Ambitions

  • a cup of PHP/MySQL
  • a pinch of JavaScript
  • a dash of HTML/CSS
  • I'll create either an educational game or something to help with the fine print.
  • Not sure of specific APIs at the moment.