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I have fully demolished the thought process of deductive reasoning.
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Cambria wrote
at 2:32 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST
I can create two contradictory arguments, using 3 sound arguments.
A. 1) I like cookies. 2) thin mints are cookies. 3) I like thin mints. B. 1) I do not like fundraisers. 2) Girl Scout Cookies are a fundraiser. 3) I do not like girl scout cookies. C. 1) I do not like girl scout cookies. 2) Thin mints are girl scout cookies. 3) I do not like thin mints from there, you can use my contradiction to disprove logic. D. 1) Deductive reasoning is not flawless. 2) Deductive reasoning is a form of logic. 3) Logic is not flawless. |
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happytoscrap wrote
at 2:35 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST Logic is flawless.
your B argument breaks down. girl scout cookies are not the fundraiser. they are the product being sold in the fundraiser. |
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Cambria wrote
at 2:35 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST *product of a fundraiser.
the act of selling them. |
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happytoscrap wrote
at 2:40 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST Just because I boycott Wal*Mart for instance doesn't mean they don't sell some products that they peddle.
DVDs for instance. Just because my favorite movie is being sold at Wal*Mart doesn't mean i don't like my favorite movie. I just won't purchase it at Wal*Mart. so....if your friend gave you some Thin Mints (and you did not have to be involved in any fund raising activities) you would like Thin Mints. it isn't the taste of the cookie you don't like. just the way it is marketed. QED: logic is still flawless. |
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happytoscrap wrote
at 2:40 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST EDIT: "Just because I boycott Wal*Mart for instance doesn't mean they don't sell some products that i enjoy"
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Cambria wrote
at 2:42 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST thin mints are girl scout cookies, nonetheless.
I may contradict myself, but in the process, I contradict logic. |
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greekboi wrote
at 2:49 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST these are just syllogisms man. been reading up on Aristotle?
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Cambria wrote
at 2:50 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST no.
ethics class. |
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TheBetterYodel wrote
at 3:22 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST Sadly I have to agree with Happy and others on this. Your logic is flawed Cambria.
The correct answer for C 3. I like thin mints as long as girl scouts don't sell them. |
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Cambria wrote
at 4:04 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST anyways, I made this in like 5 seconds after class.
I could possibly make one that works, in theory. |
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kam|k2 wrote
at 4:44 PM, Thursday February 4, 2010 EST prove it
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