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Godel's incompleteness theorem
No precise definition of mathematics exists. Math is a dissimilar term for deduction and as such is a subset of language and induction. Axioms are based on induction, deduction uses axioms and is thus based -
The God delusion
p.114, Dawkins wrote p.114, Dawkins wrote -
Logical fallacies
would we able use our reasoning to justify our reasoning in a virtuous circular manner, not all circularity is fallacious. Some form of circularity must be the basis for certainty, else axioms won't be -
Core ideas
Particles(matter) are eigenvalues of a wave equation(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf1ptt_the-primacy-of-consciousness-4-of-7_techundefined). Matter consists of atoms, going smaller one eventually reaches nothing, which implies that -
Tautology Wiki
This wiki extends http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_(rhetoric) and resolves the Münchhausen Trilemma, one of the unsolved problems in philosophy with Virtuous circularity. It is considered the most pressing problem in all of -
Agrippa John Post
Wayback Machine http://web.archive.org/web/20101005033933/http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~john.f.post/ch1terml.htm JAN OCT NOV Previous capture 5 Next capture 2009 2010 2011 4 captures 14 Jun 07 - 5 Oct -
Stephen Law
http://stephenlaw.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/sye-show-continues.html Sye TenB said...Well, I don't expect you to give an honest representation of our discussion, but I did briefly address 2 of -
Tautology Journals
Gould formulated the proposition so that it cannot be disputed: "..certain groups were extinction prone because they disappeared.." But the real reason for their extinction needs be derived independently elsewhere. Nothing is explained by stating -
Physics equations aren't tautologies
http://home.planet.nl/~gkorthof/kortho14.htm http://www.amazon.com/Investigations-Stuart-Kauffman/dp/0195121058 -
Induction
be observed or demonstrated, only used - Bahnsenburner. The future cannot be demonstrated only assumed, either from virtuous circularity(Gen 8, Heb 6) or Agrippian rhetorical circularity. By implication there are no such thing as natural -
George Gilder
mites http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Delusion-Atheism-Scientific-Pretensions/product-reviews/0307396266/ref=cm_cr_pr_link_9?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&pageNumber=9&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending -
Doubting Thomas
EVOLUTION AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT VIEW presented by THE DOUBTING THOMAS The Alfred Russel Wallace Position Published June, 1997 Rev. Dec, 2001 -
Circular reasoning
Section to be merged with Logical fallacies. http://www.numeraire.com/download/WhatIsCircularReasoning.pdf -
Agrippa's trilemma
The circular argument, in which theory and proof support each other (i.e. we repeat ourselves at some point) The regressive argument, in which each proof requires a further proof, ad infinitum (i.e. we -
David Berlinski
http://www.google.co.za/search?gcx=c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=a+scientific+scandal+berlinski+commentary+magazine http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/a-scientific-scandal/ -
Erik Scully
The Philosophical Status of Natural Selection http://pages.towson.edu/scully/philosophical.html It may seem odd to have a section on Philosophy in a set of notes designed for a science course, but that -
Hutton, Matthew and Chomsky
Chomsky in 1953 showed that it is possible to construct grammatically correct but meaningless sentences -Colorless green. Patrick Matthew coined the terms natural means of selection and natural competitive selection, by which he meant the -
Ken Ham
NOTES: The quote below from AIG was removed by them without explanation. They don't say anything about the tautology argument in their present revision. If they have changed their view on this issue, they -
Creation.com and tautology
defined, and for what purpose the definition is raised. There are many areas of life in which circularity and truth go hand in hand (e.g. What is electric charge? That quality of matter on -
Gödel Escher Bach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jFhq3Rj6DI The lecturer asks how did eyes come to be from non-eyes. This is the wrong question to ask. Rather, on what basis do we assume that eyes -
Atheistviewpoint wordpress
http://anatheistviewpoint.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/sye-tenbruggencate-and-his-worthless-argument/ lex,EDIT – I just read this – [Stephen Law] and was very amused by his argument that counters SyeStephen Law's whole premiss -
Descartes
Member Scg8866t seems to grasp the circularity problem. http://web.archive.org/web/20070208214427/http://physics.usc.edu/~vongehr/phil_html/expo.html -
RC Sproul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4xyK1t6eyQ rc sproul 18min.... humans must start with where they are..." -
Reification fallacy
today. The unbeliever has zero expectation because he is caught in Descartian I think, thus I think circularity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniformitarianism concludes uniformity of nature, which was derived from the uniformity premise -
Non sequitur
conclusion got falsified with the discovery of the complexity of the cell, this did not falsify the circularity of assuming the Adaptation conclusion in the premise. Circularity as a subset of tautology isn't falsifiable.
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