Answer by TKoL for Is there a study on logic and what is possible within a...
People who study logic are called logicians. There are also set theorists, mathematicians, philosophers, logic linguists and meta-logicians, who will all potentially have something to say on the topic...
View ArticleAnswer by TKoL for Is God’s very existence the least probable?
I would like to outline the basic branches of the argument:Some theists may like to say "The universe cannot have come into existence itself, it must have a creator".A non-theist might then say...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Are we only justified in holding beliefs that are...
In regards to your last paragraph, maybe, but you shouldn't judge someone too harshly if they don't believe you. You should accept that as the reasonable default for other people.
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Are we only justified in holding beliefs that are...
The quran also documents many witnesses to many miracles - ancient witnesses to ancient miracles really can't hold a whole lot of epistemic weight.
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Is there a neutral alternative term for Brandolini's law?
This isn't an answer to your question, but one might be able to argue it's an instance of entropy. It takes more effort to maintain complex structures than it does for them to eventually fall apart -...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Does the "sniper analogy" undermine the Anthropic...
Funnily enough, the sniper analogy might actually be a really good analogy given the Many Worlds interpretation of QM. It's called "Quantum Immortality" - and yes, if you get shot at by so many snipers...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Trying to prove ¬A ∨ B from A → B, but a bit stuck on how...
I think @ayylien is right, you proved both a and not a produce the conclusion, so it's proven. An alternative route, if you wanted, would be to prove that assuming not (not a or b) ends in contradiction
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Which possibility provides me with stronger evidence for...
They seem effectively equal to me. Although the two different processes in #2 might have some overlap, come to think of it, leading to less than 80% false beliefs being explained and thus more than 20%...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Are instrumental norms supposed to be taken literally?
"Concluding in alignment with the evidence is useful for being correct" - pretty sure it's just this
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Does the ability to use fossil fuels require a Designer
@AlbertusMagnus "does scientific knowledge really kill your ability to marvel at nature" - to the contrary! If this world was made by an all powerful god, then everything in it becomes almost trivial....
View ArticleComment by TKoL on How can immaterial soul exist without matter but...
Who says they can't?
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Are we only justified in holding beliefs that are...
If you HAVE experienced talking to a mouse, consider the possibility that more people have hallucinated talking mice, than people who have actually spoken with talking mice, and adjust your credence...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Can the laws of physics and the constants of nature exist...
Beautiful question. I would love to know what most expert physicists think about this one. I'm sure there's some disagreement, and a lot of uncertainty, but which way does their intuition lean?
View ArticleAnswer by TKoL for Does the argument from order apply to God?
I would like to outline the basic branches of the argument:Some theists may like to say "The universe cannot have come into existence itself, it must have a creator".A non-theist might then say...
View ArticleAnswer by TKoL for How can “a implies not a” be true?
The only time a -> ~a is when a is false. When a is false, a can imply anything. This is known as the principle of explosion.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion(Latin: ex falso...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Will the use of AI reduce our capacity to think?
I'd be willing to bet some small subset of artists who have started using AI image generation software have already had their ability to generate new visual ideas negatively impacted by these tools.
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Are we only justified in holding beliefs that are...
Your first sentence is contradicted by the following link
View ArticleAnswer by TKoL for Is there any hope that quantum entanglement could enable...
First, it should be noted that it's not a given that entanglement really does produce non-local causal action at a distance. The copenhagen interpretation of QM can be argued to affirm that, depending...
View ArticleComment by TKoL on Moral Non-Realists Responses to Suffering
Suffering is inherently bad, I believe, by definition - My suffering is bad to me, by definition. Your suffering may not be bad to me by definition.
View ArticleAnswer by TKoL for How to prove the world is real, and one isn’t just...
Two options: this reality is really real, or it isn't.If reality isn't real, you're probably not going to be able to prove it's not real any time soon, nor figure out the real nature of reality. You're...
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