RE: Professor's Proposition: Only Two Logical Choices
September 25, 2012 at 10:09 pm
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2012 at 10:16 pm by IATIA.)
Appeal to authority:
It is true that most any argument could eventually succumb to the logical fallacy of 'appeal to authority', however, some authority must be recognized. This though, can lead to an 'appeal to popularity'.
In science and math, documentation of repeatable experiments and formulas can offer a solid stand. As to history? I have found over the years that some history was taught wrong. History is just that, His Story. (or Her Say
)
The babble book is full of too much contradiction to offer any authority at all. Remember, it was 'divined' by a small group of deluded xtians. Their authority? Voices in their head or 'divine inspiration'. ALL without any authority.
1=1 is one of several axioms. (look it up) They do not require proofs.
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Quote:...the informal fallacy occurs only when the authority cited either (a) is not an authority, or (b) is not an authority on the subject on which he is being cited. If someone either isn’t an authority at all, or isn’t an authority on the subject about which they’re speaking, then that undermines the value of their testimony.
It is true that most any argument could eventually succumb to the logical fallacy of 'appeal to authority', however, some authority must be recognized. This though, can lead to an 'appeal to popularity'.
In science and math, documentation of repeatable experiments and formulas can offer a solid stand. As to history? I have found over the years that some history was taught wrong. History is just that, His Story. (or Her Say
)The babble book is full of too much contradiction to offer any authority at all. Remember, it was 'divined' by a small group of deluded xtians. Their authority? Voices in their head or 'divine inspiration'. ALL without any authority.
(September 25, 2012 at 10:02 pm)Blackrook Wrote: For example, it has never been proven that 1 = 1.
Mathematicians start with that as an assumption because without it, all other mathematics is impossible.
1=1 is one of several axioms. (look it up) They do not require proofs.
(September 25, 2012 at 10:02 pm)Blackrook Wrote: Which makes me not want to join your side, even if you're right, because I don't want to associate with people like you.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
