Abduction – Uncommon Descent

Intelligent Design Philosophy reason

Computer guy/philosopher: AI can’t do abductive reasoning

Abduction is the kind of reasoning ID uses.

ET The genetic code is a set of rules involved in the transcription of DNA into mRNA (via RNA polymerase) and... – Rob Sheldon on Larry Moran and...
Upright BiPed . As the genuine semiotic system that the gene system was predicted (and experimentally confirmed) to be, each object specified... – Rob Sheldon on Larry Moran and...
orthomyxo The thread is about (Barry's ignorance of) the genetic code. Your post isn't about the genetic code and UB took... – Rob Sheldon on Larry Moran and...
jerry it is reasonably clear why I use warrant, why this is not a triviality, a vague notion or gobbledygook, I... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Fasteddious You'll give it ten years? Hah, I expect that within a year or two we'll see our first cases of... – Evolutionary biologist Francisco Ayala’s membership in...
jerry More from the Plantinga article on warrant. I am going to use the words warrant and justification interchangeably till I... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
johnnyb Gordon - I appreciate the comments. The main sticking point seems to be whether or not there exist sufficient information... – Common Descent, Common Design, and ID
bornagain77 William J Murray states, "Sorry, BA77. Bruce Gordon IS saying there is no material world." But I didn't claim that... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
William J Murray We know the difference between an imagination and reality. We know how to distinguish between different categories of mental experience.... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
William J Murray SA: That's not really the point. What baffles me is why so-called "non-materialists" (semi-materialists, actually) defend (against the overwhelming scientific... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
News This is honestly the best defense of the US2A I have ever read. I understand it now. It is easy... – The Twin Peaks of the Second...
Mario A. Lopez I also think common design explains things like genetic hotspots and synteny. Common descent is very good at explaining variation,... – Common Descent, Common Design, and ID
kairosfocus Jerry, it is clear from the course of events since 1963 that Gettier's thought exercises I and II made the... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic WJM It makes zero sense for God to create a whole domain of existence (matter) to accomplish the same thing... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
jerry I just read the Gettler paper. It’s gobbledygook. https://fitelson.org/proseminar/gettier.pdf The fact that he uses absurd examples means he didn’t have... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Barry Arrington Thank you KF for your kind words and your thoughtful, per usual, additions. – The Twin Peaks of the Second...
kairosfocus Jerry, the two teams case is a simple case in point of the Gettier problem, which blew up the justified,... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
jerry See the problem? As often the case I haven’t a clue what you are saying. Which is why I copied... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
William J Murray It makes zero sense for God to create a whole domain of existence (matter) to accomplish the same thing that... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
William J Murray Capalas said: But then, I suppose Bruce Gordon believes that the Bible – which speaks of both matter and mind... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
William J Murray Sorry, BA77. Bruce Gordon IS saying there is no material world. From: https://mindmatters.ai/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Transcript-Mind-Matters-130-Bruce-Gordon.pdf Page 5: There is no physical substrate,... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...