Reductio Ad Absurdum ~ When People Use "Absurdity" to Avoid Truth

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@chilledoutorange4269 4 ай бұрын

You earned a sub! I'm always on the lookout for content of this type. Keep going!

@eliassideas 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@unwono 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I haven't really thought about this argument in this manner and I've probably used it "wrongly" before. Oh and btw your thumbnail looks sick. Maybe drop the bottom text next time though, kinda hard to read. Anyway, subbed.

@eliassideas 4 ай бұрын

@@unwono That's awsome man! Thanks for the comment👍

@rTodd-g8e 4 ай бұрын

Clever! well done good points

@eliassideas 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ReneGallisky 4 ай бұрын

I think the second example about negative utility is debate about what is suffering. If existence always creates suffering, then NU would indicate that mass death. I think that because all utility arguments are moralities for populations and given that the reasonable person prefers to take the bumps of suffering of existence than the dice roll of death of humanity, utility seems like a useless moral tool. However if you presume the definition of suffering requires the person to be alive, then this example is useless because it changes the rule it’s examining.

@servant_of_light 4 ай бұрын

We do this all the time in Irseal

@pepijngermans6265 4 ай бұрын

This reminds me of camus's philosophy about people avoiding the absurd. He's worth cheking out if you're interested.

@eliassideas 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@ethanjkemp 4 ай бұрын

Small note: Your first example, with James, is not a logical contradiction. At least not as you have written it. There is nothing *logically* contradictory unless you prove a premise & its negation. So you’d need to have premises like “James was in my country” and “James was NOT in my country”.