(June 23, 2017 at 3:10 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(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.
I mean the guy said his view is a tautology, with pride. Like it somehow makes it more convincing.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson