2011-04-15, 09:49 PM
CautionSin Wrote:First, I don't understand the structuring of your argument, I see a premise but wheres the rest. And why are you affirming that the universe will be like the past, that's circular reasoning.E & I are the hypothesis "all copper conducts electricity", that is E: it is copper, I: it conducts eletricity. (E implies I) is the same hypothesis, "if it is copper then it conducts electricity" is a direct equivalent to "all copper conducts electricity".
Just a guess, but it seems to me your E & P is just an alteration to the hypothesis, "all copper conducts electricity," (this is copper, and under the basis that pieces of copper in the past have conducted, this one too will conduct) assuming what applies to the last piece will apply to this one, in which case you're saying the same thing as me.
The statement could be written logically, with C "is copper", E "conducts electricity"
∀x: C(x) ⇒ E(x)
If your statement means something else, then could you state it in logical format like this.
Quote:And it must necessarily follow that when you construct the entire experiment logically you arrive at the same structure I have already presented. Or maybe you need to elaborate a little more on your structuring.I don't know why you're so sure your structure is correct. I disagree with how it's set up.
When you're testing
∀x: C(x) ⇒ E(x)
You construct a table of pairs.
| x | C(x) | E(x) | C(x) ⇒ E(x) |
| copper wire | T | T | T |
| rubber | F | F | T |
| gold | F | T | T |
| Item X | T | F | F |
To disprove the statement, you would need to find item X.

