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The construction, deconstruction and presentation of arguments for a position;
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Does a valid argument create any obligation to accept it?
Argumentation is used for various issues and in various areas, from politics to philosophy, mathematics and science.
However, is one somehow obliged to accept a valid argument (in a framework that is ...
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If I say something is Subjective, does that make it the case?
I've seen a lot of Questions here lately that sneak in the word 'objectively', as if no one will notice. I don't think that anything is objective, because it is only humans evaluating, and they are ...
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Should all philosophers be logically rigorous?
The above question originated from a conversation I had with a friend of mine. I tried to argue that a philosopher is only as good as their arguments. So while Nietzche has great prose his arguments ...
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Explain the nomative-theory meaning of “all-things-considered” to a high school philosophy student?
'The term "all things considered" does indeed have a semi-technical sense in normative theory.' How would you define “all things considered”, a nominative absolute, to a 16 year old student? ...
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Is this argument sound, and if not, how can i make it sound? [closed]
1 God had the choice on how to create the universe, if not he wouldn’t have free will.
2 To have the ability to choose freely is to have potential, because freedom of choice implies the presence of ...
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I don't know the name of this logical fallacy (A is always B, therefore B is always A)
okay, so, i recently saw a post talking about how a person claimed that if the statement "[all] transwomen are women" is true, then "[all] women are transwomen" is equally as true. ...
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Even if god exists, why would it be possible to establish existence by argument? [closed]
It seems possible, in principle, that god1 does exist, and yet that is simply not possible to establish god's existence by argumentation (I imagine some theists hold this to be the case). People who ...
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What kind of logical fallacy in this argument?
"In the past, there was no country called Japan. Sushi and Mochi were created when Japan was not yet called Japan as it is today. Therefore, Sushi and Mochi are not Japanese dishes."
What ...
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Is "Gewißheit" (certainty or so) accessible to everyone according to Kant?
So during an argument about the spirit of the enlightenment era, which massively influenced modern science, if I'm not mistaken, I was arguing with someone else about the following key question:
Is it ...
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Arguments in favor of the statement "Everything that has an end must also have a beginning"
What logical arguments exist in favor of the statement "Everything that has an end must also have a beginning"?
So far I have either not found any, or they have been presented in a very ...
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Criticisms of Objectivist epistemology and metaphysics
I’m curious if the community here (as a disclaimer, I’m not a philosophy expert, just a layperson with a lot of interest) what major criticisms there are of objectivist epistemology and metaphysics? I ...
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Can the strength of a non-deductive argument be objectively evaluated? [closed]
This question stems from an ongoing discussion I was having with @Bumble (link for anyone interested).
There are certain arguments that seem on the face of it very strong. For example, simply seeing ...
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Can an argument be true while having logical errors? [closed]
When I was reading about the skepticism of logic, I found an interesting sylogism like this :
"If old TVs are white and black, and all penguins are also white and black, then all penguins are old ...
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Criticisms of "reductio ad absurdum" argumentation?
Ed Feser, Immortal Souls, pt. 3 ch. 8 says:
[…] reductio ad absurdum arguments, the probative force of which is generally acknowledged.
Which philosophers/logicians do not recognize "the ...
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Which conditions identify whether belief centralization should be viewed in light of its contribution to explanatory scope or hedgehogishness?
Building on Isaah Berlin's The Hedgehog and the Fox, "Superforeaster" research suggests that one of the factors most strongly correlated to an individual's ability to make correct ...
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