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Topic | What is this fallacy called? |
MedeaLysistrata 02/11/21 11:49:53 AM #3: | I don't think that has anything to do with fallacious reasoning. A consequentialist would argue if you make a mistake and something good happens, you did something good. It depends on the theory that informs the value of mistake. You can't really have "the mistake had a good outcome" as an a priori premise It can look lile this: -if the mistake has a good outcome, it's not a mistake -the mistake had a good outcome because it wasn't a mistake Then you might have circular reasoning, but, -Mistakes with good outcomes are not mistakes -your mistake had a good outcome - you made no mistakes Is valid --- "Why is ontology so expensive?" - JH [Is this live?][Joyless planet...] ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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