Timeline for What practical methods can be used to prove a negative claim?
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| Mar 7, 2016 at 14:11 | vote | accept | Gavin42 | ||
| Jul 24, 2015 at 15:40 | answer | added | Mozibur Ullah | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 14:11 | answer | added | James Kingsbery | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 11:21 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhilosophy/status/624539980317241344 | ||
| Jul 24, 2015 at 4:46 | comment | added | Swami Vishwananda | Proof lies in the assertion. If an opponent is convinced of the opposite, the best tactic is to ask them to explain their reasons for their assertion and poke some holes in their assertions. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 4:26 | answer | added | rds | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 3:11 | comment | added | virmaior | I deleted several comments that were afield of the question in question. If anyone really wants one or more of them back, please open a question on meta. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 23:17 | answer | added | Cain | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 19:04 | comment | added | DoubleDouble | Due to the source restrictions on Skeptics.SE, they sometimes have a problem with this for some claims. For example, see here - which had "original resource" (reasoning) answers which were deleted, or the linked meta question about it. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 18:09 | comment | added | Gavin42 | @paqogomez I agree completely, but I feel an obligation to help rid people of their unreasonable assumptions about unprovable things. Not all unprovable things, of course, just the ones that I am continuously bashed over the head with. As such, I am willing to do extra legwork to help disprove it because I feel like they deserve my help in any way that I can give it. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 17:55 | comment | added | crthompson | If you opponent is unwilling to do the footwork, then its a complete non starter. You cannot prove that Russell's teapot is not orbiting the sun. Its up to the person making the positive claim to give proof. | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 16:14 | answer | added | Jo Wehler | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 16:11 | history | edited | Cort Ammon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Expanding the example to make the negative more clear
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| Jul 23, 2015 at 16:01 | history | edited | Dave |
added argumentation tag, since I think that this question is about ways to construct arguments
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| Jul 23, 2015 at 15:12 | answer | added | Cort Ammon | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 23, 2015 at 14:58 | history | edited | Gavin42 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited title
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| Jul 23, 2015 at 14:54 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 23, 2015 at 14:52 | history | asked | Gavin42 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |