Sunday, October 30, 2011

Logical Arguments

"The building blocks of a logical argument are propositions, also called statements. A proposition is a statement which is either true or false; for example:
"The first programmable computer was built in Cambridge." "Dogs cannot see colour."
"Berlin is the capital of Germany."
Propositions may be either asserted (said to be true) or denied (said to be false). Note that this is a technical meaning of "deny", not the everyday meaning. The proposition is the meaning of the statement, not the particular arrangement of words used. So "A God exists" and "There exists a God" both express the same proposition.?

2 comments:

  1. I would say no, because a god exists merely implies that one exists. But there exists a god might be pin pointing a specific time or place where god exists which is different.

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