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Axioms
"The ultimate
goal of logic is
knowledge of
reality, and
avoidance of
illusion. Logic
is only
incidentally
interested in
the less than
extreme degrees
of credibility.
The reference to
intermediate
credibility
merely allows us
to gauge
tendencies: how
close we
approach toward
realism, or how
far from it we
stray."
"In the absence
of compelling
evidence,
unbelief should
be preferred."
There just can
be no logical
belief in a God
without direct
evidence.
"In the event of
contradictory
evidence, the
concept that can
contain the
others should be
preferred."
Evidence of a
young universe
can be explained
within the
concept of an
old universe,
while evidence
of an old
universe cannot
be explained
within the
concept of a
young universe.
You can fit
something small
within something
large, but you
cannot fit
something large
within something
small.
Given all the
evidence we have
of the age of
the universe
both young and
old, the older
concept must be
preferred.
"The
explanation that
maintains the
most overall
simplicity while
giving
preference to
the least
hypothetical
causes is
preferred."
Any explanation
that relies upon
evidence is more
likely to be
correct than
explanations that
rely only upon
imagination.
"You can't prove
a negative" is a
false statement.
It would be more
proper to say
"You can't prove
a universal
negative,"
however that is
not completely
true either.
The axiom should
really be
"You can't prove
a universal
assertion
empirically."
It simply
makes no
difference if
the claim is
positive or
negative; it is
only the
universality of
the claim that
makes it not
provable by
examination
(empirical
proof).
However, it is
possible to
disprove
something if it
constitutes a
self-contradiction,
which leads us
to our next
axiom:
"Nothing that
constitutes a
self-contradiction
can exist."
"If there
was ever a time
there was
nothing, there
would be nothing
now."
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The Church of Rationality
