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What's an argument by symmetry? This, "if I X, then Y would happen," setup is dependent upon accepting various preconditions, which go conveniently unmentioned
by georgieporgie 16y ago
What's an argument by symmetry?
This, "if I X, then Y would happen," setup is dependent upon accepting various preconditions, which go conveniently unmentioned.
- wnoise 16y agoAn argument by symmetry is that something shouldn't change when some irrelevant bit is changed -- such as the identity of the actors. Yes, the preconditions for using "If I X then Y" when trying to argue that "when someone else X', then Y' " is wrong are that X' is relevantly similar enough to X, and Y' is distinctly different than Y.