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Claims are constantly being made, many of which are confusing, ambiguous, too general to be of value, exaggerated, unfalsifiable, and suggest a dichotomy when no such dichotomy exists. Good critical thinking requires a thorough understanding of the claim before attempting to determine its veracity. Good communication requires the ability to make clear, precise, explicit claims, or “strong” claims. The rules of reason in this book provide the framework for obtaining this understanding and ability.
This book / online course is about the the eleven rules of reason for making and evaluating claims. Each covered in detail in the book.
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It is not a fallacy; it is just a claim.
Isn’t the atheist asking us to believe that he knows everything that exists? It depends how God is defined in the conversation. For example, I have heard some atheists claim to be gnostic atheists (claiming to KNOW that God does not exist) based on the fact that the attributes of being perfectly good and all the acts attributed to this this God in the Bible (millions of deaths, command to stone gays to death, allowing people to suffer in Hell for eternity, etc.) are incompatible and therefore, this (version of) God cannot exist. Whereas if "God" is generically defined as some eternal creator, then yes, the claim that he knows this God does not exist is irrational. Also have a look at https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/193/Amazing-Familiarity<>. |
answered on Saturday, Mar 09, 2019 11:08:43 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD |
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