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I think you are expecting the term 'validity' to mean more than what it technically means to people in philosophy, which is that it 'adheres to the form of eith
by jonbarker 8y ago
I think you are expecting the term 'validity' to mean more than what it technically means to people in philosophy, which is that it 'adheres to the form of either Modus Ponens or Modus Tollens'. Colloquially it has come to mean more like what soundness means, which is valid but also with true premises.
- lisper 8y agoI don't want to quibble over terminology. Inductive reasoning is wrong. Mistaken. Bogus. Intellectually bankrupt. Utterly without redeeming value of any kind. As likely to lead to correct conclusions as reading Tarot cards (which is to say, the probability is higher than 0, but not by a wide enough margin to have any utility).