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[split] Critical Thinking Skills
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 RE: [split] Critical Thinking Skills
March 29, 2013 at 10:33 pm
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2013 at 10:36 pm by Mystic.)
jstrodel, the formula is valid, but it isn't sound.
The argument from authority just increase the probability of it being true from the perspective of "for all we know" if applied correctly.  RE: [split] Critical Thinking Skills
March 29, 2013 at 10:38 pm
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2013 at 10:38 pm by jstrodel.)
It isn't absolute definitely. But what sort of argument outside of mathematics produces certain conclusions? I think the argument from authority is a good argument, if you have a well developed sense of what constitutes a good authority. This is not easy to do, but if you have this, it is a good argument.
Nice signature. RE: [split] Critical Thinking Skills
March 30, 2013 at 1:42 am
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2013 at 1:42 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 29, 2013 at 10:38 pm)jstrodel Wrote: It isn't absolute definitely. But what sort of argument outside of mathematics produces certain conclusions? I think the argument from authority is a good argument, if you have a well developed sense of what constitutes a good authority. This is not easy to do, but if you have this, it is a good argument. It can be compelling to a certain subset, but the accuracy of it's conclusion is not a guarantee even when correctly leveraged (which most - yourself included - seem incapable of achieving).
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 (March 28, 2013 at 1:31 pm)Joel Wrote: This is because you don't need to read a book on logic to understand logic. Well... there is the faith in logic. Atheism+ seems to be interested in making a religion of atheism 
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-Stephen Jay Gould  RE: [split] Critical Thinking Skills
March 30, 2013 at 11:48 am
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2013 at 11:51 am by jstrodel.)
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