Sentences with phrase «arguments by analogy»

Climate blogs and comment threads are full of «arguments by analogy».

The point being that arguments by analogy are not persuasive to anyone who doesn't already agree with you on the substance.

Probability This article will briefly compare three different design arguments for the existence of God, or an intelligent creator; the probability argument, Paley's argument by analogy and Richard Taylor's argument by example.

Carbon dating creationism argument by analogy philosophy.

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Sometimes it takes the form of a logical argument — a syllogistic proof or an argument based on analogy — but more often it adopts the rhetorical style, calling on man to reflect upon himself and the wonderful world around him so that by means of such reflection he might know his Lord.

Hartshorne evidently recognizes the force of this reasoning because the other line of argument by which he at least appears to support his claim for a distinct class of theological analogies is to appeal to just such a direct experience of God.

Reichenbach argues that since this argument «is identical in form to that which argues by analogy from the existence of my mind to that of other minds, it is fraught with all the same problems which plague the latter» (EGG 194 - 95).

1:5, Rahab was further blessed by God to become a part of the Messianic line.James closes his argument with an analogy from our body in James 2:26.

She then begins a litany of standard false analogies and arguments by assertion, assuming what is in fact centrally in question.

In fact, while there's a lot of stuff in there that's argued by analogy or handwaving, and which therefore isn't useful, the pi = 4 thing is based on a geometrical argument already known to mathematicians.

But perhaps in a case where the defendant is acquitted, or proven innocent, a takings argument could be run by analogy with the cases dealing with innocent people who suffered loss as a result of police execution of search warrants.

When students argue in a brief or oral argument that a particular precedent should be followed, they engage in reasoning by analogy.102

Accepting this argument, Mr Justice Sales had crafted a costs order by analogy with Part 36.

In fact, these analogies were brought up on more than one occasion by the bench to illustrate the adverse effects of TWU's arguments.

And they must be addressed, because if not, many of the arguments upon which UPL and lawyer ethics issues stand in other circumstances may lose viability by analogy.