Originally Posted by
protonitron
alright no need to apply plato's rules of logic I know about those. "But the Roman religion was wrong" is not correct unless under the specific circumstances which you assumed but in a general and perfect sense the statement is neither logical or illogical until it backs up a conclusion. I believe you are trying to imply the logic of "The man was a Roman and all Romans are wrong therefore the man is wrong" which although might not be correct is logically sound (this is Plato's argument). If you were to say "The man was roman and he was wrong therefore all romans are wrong" this would be a contradiction and would be illogical regardless of truth.
It's from a common argument where an atheist will try and disprove Christianity by saying "but you are atheist towards many other religions--you don't believe in Mars, Vulcan and Jupiter do you?" to which the Christian will reply "But the Roman religion is wrong" (or an appropriate assertion based on the example religion).
By the way your example is not a contradiction, but it is non sequitur.
Originally Posted by
protonitron
I submit that you may be referencing rules of debate which I am not aware of and that do not focus on logic but the application of it and arguments.
Debate is not an exercise in pure logic, it's pragmatic to accept that.
Originally Posted by
protonitron
On to your next point: nothing is necessarily logically flawed except for things which are illogical by definition which would cease to be what they were if they were not illogical like for example contradictions (as in contradictions must be illogical to exist). there could be perfectly sound logic in this thread. I will say something which is logical now if you colour your head texture blue it will probably match a tori which has a primarily blue colour scheme. Although this goes without saying and is as useful as x=x it is logical in an almost mathematical sense.
As above, pure logic is not as useful in debate. It's impossible to show that a blue head will match a tori with primary color blue as a tautology or contradiction. It is somewhere in between.
Originally Posted by
protonitron
My favourite fruit depends on how I am feeling because the human brain changes constantly and as do my personal subjective opinions (My opinions which are not personal only change when disproved or developed). I like eating apples because it makes me feel cool because I have associated that image with intelligence which I have associated with being cool because of a whole network of neurones working like that which at some point the human race will probably understand.
Your opinion on what you like or dislike is not formed in the consciousness. No matter how you try and rationalise why you like eating apples, it's always going to be reverse engineered.
Originally Posted by
protonitron
Second point: I mentioned that I know talking about art as a quantitive scalar is unrealistic and explained that this was simply an analogy, I pointed out that the artist should know what they are doing but that if something looks amazing there is a probability that you will make it worse unless you know how to improve it. I didn't mean that changing something good will make it bad but that it will probably make it less good. Also your argument/example "For example, despite you using logic of 'more things look bad than good' to lead in to 'changing something good will likely make it bad'." is not complete and is therefore not an example. I no you elaborated in the next sentence but the 'despite' was out of place so you assertion is therefore by no means established. (see what I did there). You are arguing against something I myself pointed out was not really applicable in real life so I will not continue to try to disprove your arguments on this matter because they are immaterial to my overarching point which I shall explain later.
That assertion is not established either though, so it's not like it changes anything.
Originally Posted by
protonitron
Your obsession with established facts worry me. the existence of this world can't be established but is assumed based on evidence by most (although some reject it). You could be in a virtual reality (I know this is a corny argument but it works) or in a hallucination and you would not know because this is all you have ever known. Who chooses which evidence is sound and conclusive? It is possible to argue logically that everything is a fallacy because we can't prove anything because of the argument I already mentioned, the soundness of evidence is subjective because of 'cognto ergo sum'. the only think I can be sure of is my thought because that is all I know, the world I see and the world that exists may be radically different. I can't remember the name of this belief and it shouldn't matter but I would advise you watch the V-sauce video 'Is anything real?'. I have recently slipped into casual language so forgive me for this last bit while I stop using all the safeguards of "probably" and other uncertainties to stop anyone like you calling it a fallacy.
If I were to say "tribals are the best textures because elephants have 9 legs and are purple" would you accept it as a sound argument because "the existence of this world can't be established but is assumed based on evidence by most (although some reject it)" ?
I am rejecting your assertion because you did not provide enough evidence for me to accept it. Either you pulled the idea out of thin air, or you failed to post why you have that impression. Either way, it's quite an assumption to think that I would merely accept your opinion as a valid argument just because you posted it--that's a rather self-serving tautological argument.
Originally Posted by
protonitron
A said earlier that I would explain my point so here I go. What I said about probability was a metaphor or something to indicate that change is not necessarily good and that caution is necessary before changing things. I have began to wonder if you even read to the end of my previous comment but whatever. philosophy gets stupid when you try to prove what truth is because you can only prove that truth is because that is the definition of truth: it just is. So I don't finish on a note which is too Zen I will face one final argument of yours.
If a philosophy fails when simple logic is applied, or when one challenges it's assertions, then it probably isn't very good!
The problem with your argument is that 'good' is subjective, and the idea of an artist being 'aware' of their art just because it is 'good' seems strange to say the least. Does cognition and attention really lead to better art? Conventional wisdom tells us that art is not conscious - you don't look at something for 3 minutes, carefully study the texture and examine the properties and deeply analyse the style, before deciding whether or not you like it. As before, likes and dislikes are subconscious. Is it necessary for an artist to make careful calculated decisions, or do they merely have to try and find something the like?
I think your assertions are all unfounded.
Originally Posted by
protonitron
A blank canvas is a perfect piece of art if it is completely white because this could be called 'perfectly white' (excluding the valid point that to call something something is not making something something) but this is not what is meant by perfection in my earlier reply. I think what I meant by the perfect piece of art was the piece of 2D art with the amount of pixels available to toribash head textures that would cause the most life forms to rate it highly if asked to rate it between one and a million in a toribash context while under hypnotism to avoid lying. whichever piece of art was most highly ranked would be the closest to perfection which, logically speaking, is perfection because it is the closest thing it itself.
So which would win, the texture where 1 person votes 1,000,000? The texture where 2 people vote 999,999? The texture where 3 people vote 999,998? etc.
Originally Posted by
protonitron
Did I do alright with my logic?
idk I think you are still basing your arguments on an unformed foundation.
"He who builds a kingdom on the clouds, will inevitably fall down to Earth" ~ gorman circa 2014