From: Joseph Crea <Joseph.Crea AT worldnet.att.net>
To: kdlitwak <kdlitwak AT concentric.net>, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Alma, Parthenos, Virgin
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 23:52:20 -0500
Hello Ken!
At 04:56 PM 10/29/99 -0700, kdlitwak wrote:
>There are two large methodological problems with the following:
>
>1. Don't we all know that arguments from silence are completely invalid?
CREA
Are you arguing for the INvalidity of Modus Tollendus Ponens or that
"denying the consequent" carries no weight? If I were to claim to have had
an appendectomy and can produce no evidence whatsoever of abdominal
scarring consistent with customary surgical procededures, such lack
definitely falls into the category of an "argument from silence", but is is
hardly invalid or non-evidential.