(March 12, 2013 at 9:05 pm)ManMachine Wrote: What are the types of proofs? - For me a proof is the level of reason an individual can apply to an idea so that it satisfies their need to question it further.this is persuasion not proving
How to prove a statements? - Achieve the level of reason required by an individual.
Quote:How to disprove a statements? - Get an individual to question the issue further.A proof is a chain of logical consequences from premises to a conclusion
It can be refuted by proving that a premises is false
or statement X doesn't lead to statement X+1
A statement can be disproved by a contradiction inside it
Quote:What is impossible? Travelling faster than the speed of bad news.Logical Paradoxes are impossible (even for God)
Quote:What are the basic premises that all agree on?None, that is why it is very difficult to prove God
but wait, each person accept what we defines (Axioms)
for example exist and not exist are mutually exclusive because we defined it like that
It is impossible for something to be existing and not existing at the same time
We can all agree on that
