Reductio ad absurdum

The study of rhetoric today is dying. Thank You for Arguing wants to change that. By introducing rhetoric as a useful everyday tool Thank You for Arguing hopes to revive the mass knowledge and use of rhetoric in everyday conversations. Thank You for Arguing is an excellent book and by giving excellent examples combined with emotion and tools to use logic in an argument it excels in introducing such a vague concept as rhetoric and should have continued use in schools. Thank You for Arguing,…

entails severe consequences if practiced. Furthermore, when challenged by the cultural relativist, he deftly rebuts by citing the principle of explosion. To begin, one of Rachels’ strongest arguments against cultural relativism utilizes the reductio ad absurdum strategy. First,…

In Stace’s “Compatibilism” he makes quite a few eloquent points against the hard determinist and libertarian views, I agree with Stace for several reasons, first of which because of the argument he makes at the very beginning of his explanation. Stace makes a generalization which I agree with and surmises in my view the first of his arguments perfectly, he makes use of the example of philosophers claiming to believe in hard determinism or libertarian principles academically but not actually…

His argument uses reductio ad absurdum to try to prove God’s existence. Anselm starts by assuming that God is a being that which no greater being can be conceived and that he exists in the understanding but not in reality. He then presents a contradiction for this claim. He states…

arguments, and in this essay I will analyze each, and point out which one has the greatest chance at being convincing. In Anselm’s Ontological Argument, he plans to establish, that there is a God, purely from his definition of God and uses a reductio ad absurdum, in which he assumes something is true in order to show that there is a contradiction, and prove that God does exist. Anselm’s argument begins with the statement that God is the greatest thinkable being, and continues that the idea of…

stating that he would want justice along with forgiveness because in his opinion, they exists along together. He then questions whether he or anyone could withstand whatever backlashes occur from justice. Cargas states his opinion by asking a reductio ad absurdum, “Should Adolf Hitler be forgiven?” Cargas informs the reader that Adolf Hitler held a ceremony to celebrate the Catholic population. This ceremony is questioned whether it was a charitable cause or if its true intentions were to…

According to Euclid’s Elements, Book I, “Parallel straight lines are those straight lines which, being in the same plane and being produced indefinitely in both directions, do not meet one another in either direction.” Euclid defines about parallel lines at last of his definition of Book I which he uses to prove a lot of his proposition. He proves two lines are parallel lines in proposition 27 and uses parallel lines properties in every proposition after that. Therefore, this paper seeks to…

Saint Anselm’s Ontological Argument has generated philosophical excitement reaching beyond its era and well into our times. Anselm's ontological argument purports to be an a priori proof of God's existence (The Ontological Argument 2016). Anselm starts with premises that do not depend on experience for their justification and then proceeds through pure logic to reach the conclusion that God exists. His purpose is to correct the fool who says in his heart that there is no God (Psalms 14:1). This…

In this essay I am going discuss the importance of imagination and also answer this question in regards to Alice's Adventure in Wonderland. Imagination is one thing enabled by intelligence to us humans. Nevertheless, perhaps due to the fact that it is considered to be a childish characteristic, we don’t realize the real significance of imagination as being responsible for the world that we live in. Imagination enables us to accomplish a lot of things, not necessary useful or good. Without…

Does the Chinese room provide a strong enough argument against Strong Artificial Intelligence? In this essay I will argue that Searle’s ‘Chinese Room’ does not entirely disprove a possibility of strong Artificial Intelligence (AI). I will briefly outline the concept of strong AI (as opposed to weak AI), the thought experiment itself, and why it poses a threat to Strong AI. I will then provide and discuss a range of objections to Searle’s. AI by essence seeks to build an intelligent machine and…