On 4 February 2014 18:45, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: 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.
Forgive the imprecision. But either way (as Craig has agreed) it is a rejection of the premise rather than using it to show an absurd conclusion. David -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
