RE: What makes people irrational thinkers?
December 28, 2021 at 9:42 pm
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2021 at 9:43 pm by Belacqua.)
(December 28, 2021 at 8:02 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: He owns the burden of proof.
"Burden of proof" is way overrated.
It's not writ in stone. It's often used as a way to avoid defending one's own position. If the goal is to "win" something in a debate club, it may be useful. If we're trying to work out the truth, as best we can, it's an interruption.
If he has reasons for his position, he should give them. If we have reasons why we find his position unpersuasive, we should give them. Meanwhile if we find better alternative explanations they may be useful.
Quote:By the way, assuming that because there is contingency within physical realty, physical realty itself must also be contingent is a fallacy of composition.
Good thing I didn't do that.
