(March 10, 2017 at 5:42 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(March 10, 2017 at 5:28 pm)Stimbo Wrote: But that's the whole point. It's not necessary to jump to the contrapositive in order not to accept an assertion. In fact, without justification it's downright irrational.
If you say you don't believe that Richie did the murder, is that saying you believe Eddie did it?
No. It's saying that a murder was committed and it deserves an investigation, not an 'I donno'.
Correct, except 'I donno' is still not an accurate description. The position is, as you say, 'let's investigate'. And just because one suspect might not be proven to be guilty doesn't automatically convict the other. That would still need a separate investigation.
So with all that down, how would you go about demonstrating your case?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'