Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 64 (9164 total)
2 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,902 Year: 4,159/9,624 Month: 1,030/974 Week: 357/286 Day: 0/13 Hour: 0/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   I bid farewell
deerbreh
Member (Idle past 2922 days)
Posts: 882
Joined: 06-22-2005


Message 15 of 28 (226530)
07-26-2005 4:17 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by TrueCreation
07-25-2005 12:27 AM


logic
"if H and A1, A2, A3, and...An then TI is implied
TI
therefore H is confirmed"
No, this is not logically correct. One can have correlation without causation. All that can be said is that H is not rejected, not confirmed.
In the example you gave of CPT and the oceanic lithosphere....
If CPT, then uniform thickness of OL
and we in fact find uniform thickness of OL - that does not confirm CPT, it merely means lacking other evidence, we can't reject CPT.
OTOH, If CPT, then uniform thickness of OL
and we in fact find that the OL thickness varies....
CPT is rejected, assuming the original If/then statement was correct.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 1 by TrueCreation, posted 07-25-2005 12:27 AM TrueCreation has not replied

deerbreh
Member (Idle past 2922 days)
Posts: 882
Joined: 06-22-2005


Message 16 of 28 (226531)
07-26-2005 4:25 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Philip
07-25-2005 6:46 PM


oxymoran
"that CPT is both conjectural and viable theory."
This is an oxymoran. And I do believe you are nearly the only one left on this forum that thinks CPT is a "viable theroy."

This message is a reply to:
 Message 7 by Philip, posted 07-25-2005 6:46 PM Philip has not replied

Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024