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What is a philosophical proposition?
There seems to be confusion on this exchange as to what constitutes a proposition in philosophy. This seems to extend to the burden of proof. The classical burden of proof is "onus probandi ...
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Why is Occam’s razor faulted for being a heuristic when almost everything in philosophy is?
I am confused as to why any sort of discussion about Occam’s Razor, without fail, has the addendum mentioning how the tool doesn’t prove anything. But quite literally, unless something is logically ...
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Is there a name for this fallacy when someone says something is good by only pointing out the good things?
A person says that a politician "Jane Doe" is good because he increased the education budget.
(but in reality, Jane doe is also corrupt & racist, whose bad policies lead to the downfall ...
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Are multiple anecdotes still logically unsound?
We know that arguing from one anecdote is fallacious.
What about multiple anecdotes describing the same phenomenon? For example, using customer reviews to buy a product. Would this still be considered ...
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What is the Difference between a Claim and a Fact? [closed]
I know for a fact a computer must somehow add numbers but since I can only suggest it, it is forced to be a claim.
In that case, how could I ever state anything as a fact if I can only ever claim it?
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Non-Deductive methods in philosophical argumentation
I'm a mathematician, and I'm trying to expand my understanding of the philosophical basis of mathematics. Mathematics is very much taught axiomatically establishing deductive theories, but philosophy ...
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Is it a valid argument?
I wonder if the below argument is a valid or invalid?
Premise 1: All the humans can fly
Premise 2: I am a human
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Conclusion: Therefore, I can fly
I also wonder, if ...
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What fallacy is this? “This happened, therefore there must be good reasons for it”
What fallacy is it when someone says "this is true/it happened, therefore there are good reasons for it"?
For example:
We drive on the left (or right, depending on country) side of the
road, ...
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Is argument from need a valid type of reasoning, even in some cases?
To begin with, I know that if I need X , does not necessarily mean that X exists.
But in some cases, it seems very convincing that if I need X then X exists. These are some examples :
If I am ...
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Is the following considered an argument or just a set of statements? If it is an argument what would be the premises and conclusion?
In every age, philosophers have compared the human mind to the latest technological gizmo. Currently we use computers as models of our minds. Seventy-five years ago, our minds were compared to ...
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Teaching my son the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning
My son has shown an increased ability to grasp complex ideas, and one that he recently brought up was logic, more specifically the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning. What would be ...
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