2007-02-21 10:07:44 · 8 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Compelling does not true an argument make.
...sorry. Yoda moment.
2007-02-21 10:14:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
An argument must be valid first. If all premises of it are valid, the entire argument is sound.
Example:
Birds are mammals.
All mammals are smart.
Conclusion: Birds are smart.
This is a valid argument.
Then take it apart... right away you see that #1 is not valid (you don't have to check the others if you find #1 invalid); therefore, the entire argument is not sound.
If all premises WERE valid, the argument would be sound.
The conclusion MAY be correct in actuality, but its premises are not valid. So new premises must be made for that conclusion.
MeatBot, above, was incorrect when he said the argument was sound (his dog-unicorn example).
His argument was valid, but the premises were invalid (as he pointed out), so the argument was not sound.
2007-02-21 10:19:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely not. Creationist arguments are thoroughly compelling, for the most part, and utterly unsound.
People are not convinced by sound reasoning nearly as much as they are convinced by things like appeals to authority or tradition.
2007-02-21 10:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
No.
If dogs exist, then unicorns exist.
Dogs exist .
Therefore unicorns exist.
It's sound but it's not compelling. Sound does not mean it's correct, it means that all of the conlusions follow from the premises. This one is sound because that is the case. But the premise is incorrect so it's not correct and not compelling.
An argument can also be compelling and not sound, compelling and sound, or neither.
2007-02-21 10:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. Some sound arguments (e.g. proof of Fermat's Last Theorem) is too long and esoteric to be compelling.
2007-02-21 10:12:33 · answer #5 · answered by novangelis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If flies came from a turd, why are there still Christards?
lol
lmfao
2007-02-21 10:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to define your terms for this type of question.
2007-02-21 10:10:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As in interesting ?
No, but it helps get your point across.
2007-02-21 10:11:53 · answer #8 · answered by lilith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋