Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: spinestein

I actually trust high school and college students to do the reading and come to conclusions on what does and does not represent "errors in logic". You seem to have already determined that for them.

You are being disingenious to lump ID in with the other items that you cited. That in itself is an error in logic.

Just curious, how much reading have you personally done regarding theory?


19 posted on 09/27/2005 9:11:04 PM PDT by News Junkie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies ]


To: News Junkie

[I actually trust high school and college students to do the reading and come to conclusions on what does and does not represent "errors in logic". You seem to have already determined that for them.]

Formal logic and related scientific methodology are not something that students can just pick up on their own, they require literally years of instruction to master.

In a way, this is similar to the amount of time and devotion that is required to master Christian philosophy. You wouldn't expect someone who had no religious background to just pick up the Bible and begin reading and within a few weeks come to the correct conclusions about what does and does not represent Christian thought. Think about all the instruction that's needed for a student to understand the nuances of each of the Ten Commandments, for example, or what lessons are to be learned from the two persons executed alongside Jesus, or the significance of Thomas the apostle's failure to believe that Jesus had returned.

[...how much reading have you personally done regarding theory?]

Three years of university level physics and engineering courses (which includes scientific methodology) and I've continued to read large amounts of material related to or based upon scientific methodology for the last 20+ years.


26 posted on 09/28/2005 12:50:09 PM PDT by spinestein (Forget the Golden Rule. Remember the Brazen Rule.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson