(April 28, 2016 at 6:39 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(April 28, 2016 at 5:36 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: The KCA is in the same form as the classic syllogism:
All men are mortal
Socrates is a man
Therefore Socrates is mortal
Affirming the consequent would read...
All men are mortal
Socrates is mortal
Therefore Socrates is a man
If Socrates is the name of my dog, then this is clearly incorrect even though both premises are true.
Where do you think, that this is being done in the discussion of the KCA? I think that you are merging separate arguments, to get to affirming the consequent; which, I may understand the confusion, but I don't think your getting this from the conclusion of the argument.
The first two premises of the KCA are suspect ("that everything that begins to exist has a cause" and that the "universe began to exist"). Another great lecture by Professor Sean Carroll discusses this point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew_cNONhhKI
53 min.WTH. ... Your going to have to present the reasons why you think they are suspect.
