To: CarolinaGuitarman
Perhaps in matters of formal logic, yes, arguments from incredulity hold no water. But science is not pure, formal logic, nor does it need to use formal logic in order to be "scientific."
To: Fester Chugabrew
"Perhaps in matters of formal logic, yes, arguments from incredulity hold no water. But science is not pure, formal logic, nor does it need to use formal logic in order to be "scientific."
So in science, when you see something you can't personally explain, it's perfectly logical to say that nobody else can explain it too?
What other logical fallacies are open to the scientist? Appeal to authority? Straw Man? Ad Hominem?
679 posted on
11/17/2005 5:42:07 AM PST by
CarolinaGuitarman
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