1. Logic is defined according to self-evident truths.
2. Self-evident truths are defined according to logic.
3. Self-evident truths and logic equate.
4. Equating is self-evident/logical.
5. To speak about self-evidence/logic is to use self-evidence/logic.
6. Self-evidence/logic are circular; this is a minor fallacy given self-evidence/logic cannot go beyond self-evidence/logic and if they did, in order to break the circularity, it would no longer be self-evidence/logic thus irrational.
The Circularity of Self-evidence/Logic
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Re: The Circularity of Self-evidence/Logic
self evident "truths" do not witness their "evidence"
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Re: The Circularity of Self-evidence/Logic
Truth is grounded in observation, to observe a truth is to observe an observation; observation of observation is self-referential. Self-evidence is evidence which refers to itself for justification; it is an observation observing itself.Impenitent wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:43 pm self evident "truths" do not witness their "evidence"
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