(May 29, 2018 at 1:20 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:And there is your problem exposed. If there is an explanation why it is NOT a contradiction, you will gullibly lap it up. If there is an exposition why it IS a contradiction, you will reject it out of hand. Heads I win, tails you lose.(May 29, 2018 at 1:16 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: No, you'll just find an ad hoc explanation for any apparent contradictions.
If there is a good explanation as to why it's not a contradiction, then, I would accept that explanation.
(May 29, 2018 at 1:20 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I don't know how an ad hoc explanation is possible in an explanation - I would look up what ad hoc fallacy is and see if it can even apply here.Don't bother. We know that you are clueless when it comes to logical fallacies.
(May 29, 2018 at 1:20 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I've seen people use ad hoc fallacy, I just don't think it's applicable in this situation as even possible.No, you haven't.
(May 29, 2018 at 1:20 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: It would either be a good explanation or not. If it's not a good explanation and against all norms of language, I would refuse to believe in it.Wait, what? You have yet to fathom basic language, let alone any "norms". You are barking up a dead tree here. It so happens that I am a graduate engineer. This of course does not qualify me to speak to linguistics. But my nearest sister is a graduate linguist. Guess what, she actually is a subject matter expert in this area. So no, I am not allowing you away with such baloney.
