Submitted by CartesianClosedCat t3_11ygz5f in philosophy
Prof_ThrowAway_69 t1_jd8l195 wrote
Reply to comment by AllanfromWales1 in The Fallacy Fork: Why It’s Time to Get Rid of Fallacy Theory by CartesianClosedCat
Proving something isn’t the same as something being true. I agree you can’t prove something with flawed logic. That doesn’t make the statement true or false though. That exists independently of a persons ability to prove it. The laws of nature are going to govern the world whether or not anyone can prove that they exist.
We need to be careful not to confuse proving something with whether or not something is true. I agree with the article’s point that someone can make a statement that is truthful whether or not they used proper logic to come to that conclusion. Where I differ from the article is that I don’t believe that the person is guaranteed to be right about anything else, nor would I believe that their logic is valid.
AllanfromWales1 t1_jd8lrws wrote
Quite. A flawed argument will not convince me that some proposition is true, but it also won't convince me that it is false. It just remains unproven (in this context).
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