RE: A Question From Atheists
June 23, 2017 at 3:10 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2017 at 3:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 23, 2017 at 2:49 pm)nosferatu323 Wrote: Add this proposition number 0 in the beginning to fix this:You're now assuming what you seek to establish. Textbook circular argumentation.
0. The definitions for X that we pick up from the dictionary are assumed to be true. They are our premises. All the definitions that there are for X in authentic dictionaries and encyclopedias are assumed to be valid and do not need any sort of justification. They are the basis of our knowledge and true.
Definitions are capable of very accurately describing things that do not exist, take dragons..for instance. Assuming a definition to be true makes no existential implications, and therefore cannot help you to establish what you seek to establish. Making the faux paus above entirely pointless. Even a circular argument will not yield the conclusion that you desire - and that's indicative of being in very, very dire straights, logically speaking.
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