RE: Evidence for atheism
September 25, 2014 at 8:36 pm
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2014 at 8:37 pm by Jackalope.)
(September 25, 2014 at 8:29 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(September 25, 2014 at 8:21 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: It's not a statement within the realm of classical logic.No shit...lol, I should have been more precise (and I forget sometimes that people better educated than I approach this with standardized and classical terminology), mea culpa "not p" was a poor choice of words on my part, I was describing a state, not a rule of inference. "Not p" in the context of a statement which might be made by...say, a creationist. As in, "If such and such is true, than" whereby you state "such and such is not true". The requirement that each component be sound.
OK so I think the source of our mutual confusion has become apparent.

So you're asking about this:
If P then Q
Not P
Therefore, not Q.
That's a fallacy of the inverse (denying the antecedent)