R. Sale > 27-04-2020, 01:43 AM
Stephen Carlson > 29-04-2020, 06:35 AM
(26-04-2020, 07:21 AM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The case that I keep running into I would like to call 'proof by example'. It may have a proper name, but I don't know it. It is related to 'disproof by counter-example'. Both may be valid in some cases, but are not valid in many other cases.This sounds like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
If one wants to prove that something is possible, then giving an example is sufficient of course.
However, let me illustrate the problem with an easy example.
Suppose I hold a fruit behind my back and I ask someone to guess what it is, and I tell him that the fruit is yellow. The answer could be: it has to be a lemon, because a lemon is yellow. This is what I would call 'proof by example'. It is obviously not valid, because it could also be a banana.
It is not sufficient to argue about the likelihood of the two cases, because there are even more yellow fruit, some which the guesser is not even familiar with.
pedestrian > 29-04-2020, 09:01 AM
(29-04-2020, 06:35 AM)Stephen Carlson Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(26-04-2020, 07:21 AM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The case that I keep running into I would like to call 'proof by example'. It may have a proper name, but I don't know it.This sounds like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
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Suppose I hold a fruit behind my back and I ask someone to guess what it is, and I tell him that the fruit is yellow. The answer could be: it has to be a lemon, because a lemon is yellow.
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-JKP- > 29-04-2020, 09:19 AM
Aga Tentakulus > 29-04-2020, 09:43 AM
Torsten > 27-05-2020, 10:19 PM
(26-04-2020, 07:21 AM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.A typical issue is that evidence is not weighted on its objective strength, but on whether it is favourable or unfavourable to one's thoughts.
RenegadeHealer > 28-05-2020, 03:52 AM
(27-05-2020, 10:19 PM)Torsten Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Therefore, not only the solution itself but also the way of deciphering an unknown script is interesting and important. To ask about the way to reach the solution is also a possibility to test a decipherment attempt. Researchers using the trial and error method are unable to explain how the writing system works. Moreover they have to admit that they were only guessing.
ReneZ > 28-05-2020, 05:08 AM
(27-05-2020, 10:19 PM)Torsten Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(26-04-2020, 07:21 AM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.A typical issue is that evidence is not weighted on its objective strength, but on whether it is favourable or unfavourable to one's thoughts.
ReneZ > 28-05-2020, 05:26 AM