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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."


669 posted on 11/17/2005 5:21:36 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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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 ("There is a grandeur in this view of life...")
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