(April 13, 2016 at 3:25 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:(April 12, 2016 at 8:41 am)SteveII Wrote: That does not make the argument invalid.
My understanding of assigning probability to an inductive argument is looking at the relationship of the probability of the premises and the conclusion.
1. Everything that begins to exist has a cause
Fallacy - Affirming the consequent.
What this premise does, is say there are 2 sets: 1 is the set of everything that begins to exist. The other is the set of everything that does not begin to exist.
So Steve, how many members are in the set of everything that does not begin to exist, and what are they?
zero, 1, or any number.