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proof
pro͞of/Submit
noun
1.
evidence or argument establishing or helping to establish a fact or the truth of a statement.
"you will be asked to give proof of your identity"
synonyms: evidence, verification, corroboration, authentication, confirmation, certification, documentation, validation, attestation, substantiation
"proof of ownership"
I gave you proof. Also I said multiple times through my article, the whole issue is proving one proposition more likely than the other (I even linked my 'three ways article' to it, which said the same thing). We could actually be chatting about intellectual things which could progress common ground and reason, yet you are acting so childish mate.
I am getting tired now. Is there a way to block someone on this forum?
Unfortunately there's no way to block nyar. I just let his comments slide. He usually disagrees with people even when they're actually in agreement about a certain topic. Nyar pushes the limits though. Nothing can be proven... by anything... at all.
Come to think of it, I don't recall Nyar proving anything. He simply says things like, "False!" or "Wrong!" without giving any reason for disagreeing.
An intentionally inaccurate representation of my position.
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Luckily what you can and can not recall has little bearing on the reality of the situation.
Oh boy it is definition quoting time!
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You have failed to show that your conclusion necessarily follows from your assumptions, you have failed to meet the most basic requirement for the most primitive of logical proofs.
You've got to love people who scream about logic and philosophy until they are blue in the face, then flush it down the toilet the instant it is inconvenient.
Hi, @the Interlocutor. ...quickly address... ahem.
I want to submit you to you, nice people who are used to detect phallacies this issue. A few days a ago in a thread, I was accused of using a "strawman". I'll attach the conversation, @Vreezy for Vendetta style, and please, let me know if I owe @AJ an apology.
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I'm not the interlocutor, but when you gave an example of what some "great" thinkers think that is more an appeal to authority fallacy than a strawman argument. (If I read the attachment correctly). A strawman fallacy is giving an example of something that isn't really your opponent's position and arguing against that instead of their actual position. Example:
Opponent : " I believe that evolution occurs"
You: " there are no examples of a half bird-half lizard. "
That would be a strawman. Just something of the top of my head.
@Aposteriori, in fact, he mentioned "the death of the author " (in a context of God and Creationism) and it reminded me that French essay I had to study in Literary Critic, the one I was referring to (it's worth the reading btw), and I'd say that it has nothing to do with God or God's existence whatsoever, but to the way author's identity generates bias on readers, so it wasn't a real "appeal to authority"; yet it could have been because theoretically it was, so thanks for your suggestion. I think you're right.
Absolutely correct, he's using Lane Craig's credentials as a philosopher here to dismiss arguments, instead of addressing those arguments. That is a test book and fallacious appeal to authority. What difference does it make who constructs the arguments, they stand or fall on their own merits. Besides many credible philosophers just as qualified as LAne Craig have offered compelling rebuttals to the KCA, and of course Lane Craig didn't create it anyway, Aristotle did, without of course the benefit of the vast knowledge we have accrued between then and now it has to be said. lane Craig's version just tacks an extra assumption onto the end.
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