On 2/4/2014 9:57 AM, David Nyman wrote:
On 4 February 2014 17:32, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net <mailto:meeke...@verizon.net>>
wrote:
I don't think there's anything wrong with criticizing a theory on something
other
than "it's own terms". I think Craig might accept Bruno's argument as
valid but
regard it as a reductio against saying "yes" to the doctor. I have
criticized it
for it's seeming lack of predictive power - a problem with all theories of
everythingism so far, and also string theory.
But surely a reductio entails accepting an argument in principle and then showing that
it leads to a contradiction in its own terms?
No a reductio ad absurdum is showing that the premises lead to conclusions that are
absurd, i.e. that it is more likely the premises are false than that the conclusion is
true. This is somewhat a matter of judgement as to what counts as absurd. A
contradiction though is necessarily fatal.
Brent
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Everything List" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
