RE: What makes people irrational thinkers?
December 28, 2021 at 7:47 pm
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2021 at 7:48 pm by Belacqua.)
(December 27, 2021 at 5:33 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: The elaborateness of an argument is not related to the truth of any of its premises, or its conclusion. Arguments can be elaborately fallacious. We’d have to examine these arguments in detail.
Yes, this is certainly true.
I was addressing the claim that someone was begging the question.
If that person is offering an argument for his position, he is not affirming the consequent.
The quality of the argument is a separate issue.
You'll see as you go through the book how much of an argument he offers. I don't recall right now, and don't have time to do the research. (Still have various hospital duties.)
A question which is likely to come up: do you know of any arguments as to why the physical universe is NOT contingent? It seems as though everything in it is contingent, but if you have a reason why the whole is not, that would offer a counter to Hart's claims.
