RE: Christian Libertarians and Atheists - Common Ground?
May 5, 2019 at 11:18 am
(This post was last modified: May 5, 2019 at 11:20 am by vulcanlogician.)
(May 5, 2019 at 12:22 am)lowellwballard Wrote: 46. Deductive logic requires inductive logic to support its premises.
Deductive logic does not need inductive logic to support its premises. Deductive logic can be used to arrive at a priori conclusions. No inductive logic necessary. Math is a good example.
Quote:“Faith” is treating something that is probably true as if it is definitely true. [i]Inductive logic is probabilistic and so requires faith. (that is different than the common religious definition of blind "faith").[/i]
I don't agree with you here. First, your definition of faith might be disputed, but maybe that's what faith is to you, so I'll leave it alone. But why treat something that's probably true as if it's definitely true? Is that logical? Isn't it more reasonable to treat things that are probably true like they're probably true? There is only one category of things that I treat as definitely true: things that are definitely true. To do otherwise is unreasonable.
I also disagree that probability requires faith. But let's see if you come back before we dig into that discussion.
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