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Aine Wrote:
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> Merrell Wrote:
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> > Aine Wrote:
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> > > Hollow and false according to whom?
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> > According to the dictionary definition of "debunk".
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> Nope, not good enough. That's a circular argument.
Really? Where is the argument? Where is the circularity?
> Debunking is not disproof.
The dictionary says otherwise:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/debunk
“If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false.”
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/disprove
“To disprove an idea, belief, or theory means to show that it is not true.”
“false” ⇔ “not true”
M.
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> Merrell Wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> > Aine Wrote:
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > > Hollow and false according to whom?
> >
> > According to the dictionary definition of "debunk".
>
> Nope, not good enough. That's a circular argument.
Really? Where is the argument? Where is the circularity?
> Debunking is not disproof.
The dictionary says otherwise:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/debunk
“If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false.”
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/disprove
“To disprove an idea, belief, or theory means to show that it is not true.”
“false” ⇔ “not true”
M.
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