Promptfic: About Time (Star Trek/Sherlock Holmes crossover, slash, 2962 words)

[amedia]

Story title: About Time link to fic on AO3
Author: Amedia
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (book-verse), Star Trek TOS
Characters: Holmes, Watson, Mycroft Holmes, Spock, McCoy, brief cameo by Captain Kirk
Ships: Holmes/Watson (pre-slash), Spock/McCoy (background)
Summary: In which Spock and Sherlock squabble like brothers, Mycroft gets to strut a

Comments

[whswhs]

Watson figuring out that McCoy and Spock are visitors from the future seems more the kind of inference that Holmes might have made, actually

[amedia]

Yes, you've got existential import on the nose. It seems perfectly natural to us, of course, that "some" implies "at least one existing," especially since we grew up with predicate logic, but I'm fascinated that there was a time when that wasn't considered obvious at all.

There are a number of syllogisms that were considered valid in medieval days that aren't now simply because of existential import, namely, those with universal premises and a particular conclusion. "Darapti" (AAI-3) comes to mind.

I think you're right about Holmes dismissing it, and about why he would do so.

Thank you kindly!!!

[whswhs]

So let me see