Second: If A=B then B=A. Third: If
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Second: If A=B then B=A. Third: If A=B and B=C then A=C. When you start with an axiom or two and you apply these three rules consistently and correctly then your conclusions will be sound. So in order to analyze any argument you need to first find out what the underlying assumptions or axioms are. Then you proceed to apply the three rules and determine if they have been correctly applied in arriving at the conclusions of the one or the other side of the controversy. Let?s look at an example. Let?s start with the two axioms that people not too long ago accepted unquestionably and universally. One is ?The Earth Is Flat?, the second is ?All Material Things Come To An End? third ?Flat things have edges?. Suppose you want to decide whether to travel all your life in the same direction.
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