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How was I mistaken in my use of tautology? My understanding is that it's supposed to be a reduction of a logical argument into the form A = A, or true = true.
by claytongulick 2y ago
How was I mistaken in my use of tautology?
My understanding is that it's supposed to be a reduction of a logical argument into the form A = A, or true = true.
When the words are different, but essentially mean the same thing, and used as a flawed proposition.
Am I wrong about that? I certainly don't want to bandy the word about incorrectly.
- dinkumthinkum 2y agoBut I agree with your overall point! :) Ok, so the statement "gravity keeps us on the ground" is not a tautology in the strict sense but you have correctly defined it here. I think it probably seems like a tautology because colloquially we might use it that way. I don't think its worth parsing out too much. This kind of stuff about coffee cups and all that has nothing to do with "fact checking" political statements and anyone else being serious knows that.
- claytongulick 2y agoThanks! With "gravity keeps us on the ground" I was trying to point out that the word "gravity" to most folks is the same thing as "the thing that keeps us on the ground", it's just a language symbol/shorthand for that concept, so the statement would reduce to A=A, and isn't a meaningful "fact".