Abandon or modify previously
accepted conclusions when confronted with more complete or reliable experimental or observational evidence.
In other words, the fallacy of equivocation occurs when in the course of an argument the meanings of an ambiguous word or phrase are traded unfairly to get us to
accept the conclusion when in fact we shouldn't.
Not exact matches
The Basingers»
conclusion «that even
when starting with classical premises one still ends up with process - like
conclusions concerning divine power» (PS 11:23) would seem to apply even more thoroughly than they realized, for it would seem that the classical theist would have to
accept the view that God can not create without limiting his power.2
We are afraid that our valid, limited, friendly criticism,
when voiced, will help prepare people psychologically to
accept the
conclusions offered at the savage extreme.
It attempts to enforce a closed system of thought, that must reject conflicting claims regardless of which is the more logical
conclusion — if it simply
accepted evidence
when it was due, it would lose all credibility, because the «word of God» can not be considered fallible.
It is easy to arrive at a
conclusion when you are watching from afar — and that leads to mistakes of judgement — I
accept that, but I miss the wonderful free flowing football we were so privileged to see for so many years, and altho there is hope that
when Auba, Mihki and LaCaz get more time to play together that things will improve, but at the moment I can not help but feel all is not well in the camp.
I can be going along my merry self -
accepting way,
when a moment of social anxiety, a rejection or even just a hard morning, will trigger a full - force flood of poison and the
conclusion is always this: I am so ugly that I don't deserve to be alive.
The increasingly omnipresent actor is some way from «Breaking Bad,» a broken, grizzled failure of a man, always aware of the price he pays for running with the dicier members of society, and grudgingly, heartbreakingly
accepting of the inevitable
conclusion to his lifestyle
when it comes.
Intellectual honesty always admits
when it stacks the evidence in favor of a preferred
conclusion, and always allows for skepticism of
accepted conclusions.
Instead of offering proof, it simply asserts the
conclusion in another form, thereby inviting the listener to
accept it as settled
when, in fact, it has not been settled.
http://www.intuitor.com/statistics/SimpsonsParadox.html Simpsons's Paradox —
When Big Data Sets Go Bad It's a well
accepted rule of thumb that the larger the data set, the more reliable the
conclusions drawn.
Contrarians start demanding «definitive proof»
when they're moving the goal - posts in order to avoid
accepting evidence - based
conclusions that are inconvenient for their position.
What I find most surprising about the paper on my re-read and those who seem to have little problem
accepting or at least finding no weaknesses of the indirect methodology used to make some rather far reaching
conclusions is not that papers such as this one can get published, but the authoritative nature these articles seem to take on and particularly so
when they are referenced in the IPCC reports.
It will warm my heart
when I (will soon) see the scientific community
accept the
conclusions driven by the data, no matter what those may be.
Science is only useful
when it asks the right questions, openly tests hypothetical models with honesty and integrity and
accepts the
conclusion with the understanding that «not false» is not the same «true».
On the first point, it is now apparently perceived as «bad»
when scientists come to a
conclusion that is robust enough to be well
accepted by the majority.
Stated differently, the Supreme Court is not free to
accept without analysis the
conclusions that state courts and state law proclaim with respect to the boundaries of property rights or the limitations thereof
when the decision on those questions implicates or undercuts important federal constitutional issues.