logic

I propose a thread that will discuss ways to "justify" (the philosophical term) that the initial premises used in an argument, are TRUE. I propose this subject, because ... 1 Most of what I would call errors in arguments used by Christian involve differences in basic definitions (premises)...

There are times I've found myself in some heated debate or controversy regarding what the Word of God does and does not say regarding some moral or ethical issue. This is what I found bizarre: There have been times when I would advance some assertion in logical terms ("A implies B / A /...

I've been looking more and more into Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personaity types lately. Within the MBTI model, each person has a thinking cognitive function which deals with how we apply logic to situations (as opposed to feeling cognitive functions that apply emotion). A person will...

For the mods reading though this mentions evolution I only use it as an example. This has to do with argumentation, not necessarily the topic of Creation. For everyone else please forgive my frequent hyperbole. A way in which the world & people operate and those with ignorant, misguided or...

Hello Everyone i Am prince a 16 year old who gonna say some things and i wanna hear your thoughts or see if i helped in anyway and if you guys believe this is Just special pleading give me a resolve for me :) God bless lets begin my 5 Proofs 1st Proof Logic: observations of quantum mechanics...

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Assume the following: 1. A is a Christian 2. A and B are friends 3. B and C are friends 4. C is not a Christian Does it follow from these facts that there is at least one Christian with a non-Christian friend? Yes or No?

The famous atheist, David Hume, whose teaching later influenced those who would think to make much out of the supposed cognitive bastion of Logic in language and huddle within a movement that came to be called, "Logical Positivism," once had this to say about certain books (mainly Christian...

suppose Darwin deeply wrong that DOES NOT imply creationism! what's the EVIDENCE for creationism? a book's allegation is evidence?

This post is not an attack on the theory of evolution. Nor is it a discussion of the philosophy of science in that field. It is rather to poison-the-wells to ad hoc psychological catch-all explanations for human knowledge and human behavior. "A major concern is the apparent willingness of...

"YOU CAN'T PROVE A NEGATIVE!" The statement above is uttered repeatedly by theists and atheists alike. Professors make the above statement as frequently as high-school students. Is it true? Here is an article that will help people more accurately understand why we want to consider the claim...

Some scattered thoughts, prompted by another forum discussion... I have no formalized training, but I am a full time caregiver for my friend's mother who has Alzheimer's for the last 2 years and there is such a difference between when it is the disease or confusion talking and when you get the...

I sense that I am distinct in reality from my body and physical brain because I can observe them in the first person. This experience, my conscious subjective state, appears radically different from simply a lump of brain detecting the world or itself in a computerlike way. Viewing the world as...

Please either find the mistake in this logic, or find the false premise: 1. God created free agents 2. Free agents have the potential to do evil, e 3. Potential has a non-zero probability, p, where 0<p<1 4. Therefore, over infinite time, the probability of a free agent to perform evil...