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Author Topic:   The use of logic in establishing truths
ringo
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Message 49 of 171 (438874)
12-06-2007 1:18 PM
Reply to: Message 48 by Buzsaw
12-06-2007 12:59 PM


Re: Observation/Truth
Buzsaw writes:
Merriam Webster's #1 definition of axiomatic is "taken for granted."
There's the keyword again: "granted". Who granted it?
"Taken for granted" doesn't mean one person like Dawn Bertot assumed it. It means there's a consensus.

Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

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ringo
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Message 56 of 171 (438932)
12-06-2007 4:04 PM
Reply to: Message 52 by Dawn Bertot
12-06-2007 3:31 PM


Re: Observation/Truth
Dawn Bertot writes:
Before the first human was here, there were facts waiting to be discovered.
And that discovery depends on consensus among the discoverers. If Mr. A thinks he's discovered X and Mr. B claims it's Y, where is the "fact"? Facts is facts only as far as people agree that they're facts.
You seem to be confusing perceived reality with "real" reality or "absolute" reality. If there is an absolute reality, we can never know what it is. We can only know what we perceive. And our perceptions are more reliable if they agree with the perceptions of others. That's why most of us don't believe it when some perceive dead men talking. The individual perception is trumped by the consensus.

Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

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ringo
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Message 64 of 171 (438972)
12-06-2007 10:12 PM
Reply to: Message 61 by Dawn Bertot
12-06-2007 9:11 PM


Re: Observation/Truth
Dawn Bertot writes:
Real and absolute reality are demonstratable facts, not simply perceptions.
If that was true, you could demonstrate it. But how would you demonstrate it? I still have only my perception of your demonstration.
Again dead men cant talk even if the consensus says they can or cannot.
Again, how do you know that dead men can't talk? You have the perception that they don't, but somebody else has the perception that they do.
In the end, the synapses firing in your brain are all the "reality" you have. You can't "know" that they have any correspondence with the observable world unless they agree with somebody else's. The more agreement, the more confidence that your perceptions are "real".

Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

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ringo
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Message 114 of 171 (439176)
12-07-2007 3:38 PM
Reply to: Message 112 by LucyTheApe
12-07-2007 1:48 PM


Re: Observation/Truth
Lucy writes:
My point was that gravity is universal and applies the same no matter where you are and hence F = GMm/r^2.
Aren't M and m relativistic?

Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

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ringo
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Message 118 of 171 (439224)
12-07-2007 7:51 PM
Reply to: Message 116 by Buzsaw
12-07-2007 6:51 PM


Re: Taken for Granted/Axiomatic
Buzsaw writes:
I take the fact that God exists for granted as in axiomatic.
You're mixing terms. A lot of people "take it for granted" that God exists - a lot of them are evolutionists and big-bangists. But, as people are beating their head sgainst the wall trying to explain, that isn't axiomatic even to people who "take it for granted".
Taking for granted that God exists in a general sense is not the same as it being axiomatic in a specific sense. Axiomatic (again ) requires an agreement for the purpose of discussion.
I of the minority here take some things for granted as in axiomatic which you may not.
As far as that goes, I consider myself a minority of one.
You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts and you're not entitled to your own axioms.

Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

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