(November 17, 2016 at 9:35 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote:(November 17, 2016 at 9:33 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Facts are independent of people. Truths, on the other hand, are very subjective.
Am I equivocating? Perhaps.
You're only equivocating if you accept my own premise
If you don't explicitly reject it when I've offered it I'll assume you've accepted it [emoji6]
Hence why my reaction in my head when debating with folks often is "If you haven't told me you have rejected my premise when I offered it... then what are you not getting? It's okay to tell me you don't accept it, folks. But we can't even get going until you accept or reject my premise. I've taken my side, what's yours? [emoji6]"
It's easy for folks to attack my conclusion when they haven't addressed my premise or offered their own
Telling me it's not a premise won't get them anywhere. It's my premise. If they reject it they only have to say, lol. How else will I know?
My point is that equating truths and facts is in itself an equivocation of sorts. The rest of the philosophy quite frankly gives me a headache.
