| ??? 03/25/07 21:35 Read: times |
#135849 - Opine #1 Responding to: ???'s previous message |
The real quote is, "You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it."
-- G. K. Chesterson All this guy is saying is that logical arguments which start with invalid assumptions lead to invalid conclusions. "Garbage in, garbage out", if you will. Here's an example he uses in an extended passage that includes the quoted sentence: On the assumption that a man has two ears, it is good logic that three men have six ears, but on the assumption that a man has four ears, it is equally good logic that three men have twelve. The quote in context can be found here. -- Russ |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| Thought for the end of the weekend | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Opine #1 | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Thanks for the reference | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
another take | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| A second Opine | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Another take on it | 01/01/70 00:00 |