Sun 15 Nov, 2009 01:44 am - It's a non-sequitur, just like all failures of logic. Any fallacy is simply an inference for which there is no other rule to justify it. Naming them is just pointing out the background to the... (view)
Tue 10 Nov, 2009 07:34 pm - [QUOTE=Kroni;101163]If you break it down, we have two separate propositions. The first proposition is to tell the reader that what they are reading is not true. The second proposition is inherant... (view)
Mon 19 Oct, 2009 08:40 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;98670]I guess I don't understand what you mean by "relies". Do you mean that F>X [I]implies[/I] DS or RAA? How?[/QUOTE]
I'm exploring your usage of it:... (view)
Mon 19 Oct, 2009 06:08 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;98335]Your answer to what? This is a question about formal logic, because it is in formal logic that a false proposition implies any proposition. So how can an answer not have... (view)
Mon 21 Sep, 2009 06:33 pm - [QUOTE=ACB;92567]Most propositions are straightforwardly true or not true, but there is no reason why this should apply to all propositions. "This statement is not true" is a special kind... (view)
Mon 21 Sep, 2009 05:11 pm - [QUOTE=ACB;92542]I would say that it has logically sequential elements of truth and non-truth. The things [I]about[/I] which it is true and not-true are different. For example, it is [B]true[/B]... (view)
Mon 21 Sep, 2009 03:33 pm - [QUOTE=dharma_bum;76827]To clarify, I mean 'know' as in completely certain. [/quote]
Most people don't equate knowledge with absolute knowledge.The common definition of knowledge... (view)
