Comments on: 2007′s 5 Moments of Unbelievable Awesomeness: #1 http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2008/02/2007s-5-moments-of-unbelievable-awesomeness-1.php we will fight to the end for O-HI-O, but we can't promise to be any good at it Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:31:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Count Vlad http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2008/02/2007s-5-moments-of-unbelievable-awesomeness-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-317 Count Vlad Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:52:05 +0000 http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2008/02/14/2007s-5-moments-of-unbelievable-awesomeness-1/#comment-317 "my understanding of the word tautology is limited to the social sciences, and not formal logic, where tautology becomes the buzzword for inferring causality through ex post rationalization or any kind of circular reasoning." In that case, the Sociology 101 course that I took could just as well have been entitled Tautology 101. “my understanding of the word tautology is limited to the social sciences, and not formal logic, where tautology becomes the buzzword for inferring causality through ex post rationalization or any kind of circular reasoning.”

In that case, the Sociology 101 course that I took could just as well have been entitled Tautology 101.

]]> By: Wil http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2008/02/2007s-5-moments-of-unbelievable-awesomeness-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-296 Wil Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:23:10 +0000 http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2008/02/14/2007s-5-moments-of-unbelievable-awesomeness-1/#comment-296 It just reminds me of TA-Ta's. It just reminds me of TA-Ta’s.

]]> By: Vico http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2008/02/2007s-5-moments-of-unbelievable-awesomeness-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-295 Vico Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:56:06 +0000 http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2008/02/14/2007s-5-moments-of-unbelievable-awesomeness-1/#comment-295 duly noted. In my defense, my understanding of the word tautology is limited to the social sciences, and not formal logic, where tautology becomes the buzzword for inferring causality through ex post rationalization or any kind of circular reasoning. duly noted. In my defense, my understanding of the word tautology is limited to the social sciences, and not formal logic, where tautology becomes the buzzword for inferring causality through ex post rationalization or any kind of circular reasoning.

]]> By: Count Vlad http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2008/02/2007s-5-moments-of-unbelievable-awesomeness-1.php/comment-page-1#comment-294 Count Vlad Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:35:58 +0000 http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2008/02/14/2007s-5-moments-of-unbelievable-awesomeness-1/#comment-294 A tautology isn't something which, because unknowable, cannot be disproven. It's a statement that is automatically true simply by virtue of the way it's constructed. For example, "Rich Rodriguez either will or will not be fired in disgrace from UM within the next 5 years". True. Tautological. A tautology isn’t something which, because unknowable, cannot be disproven. It’s a statement that is automatically true simply by virtue of the way it’s constructed. For example, “Rich Rodriguez either will or will not be fired in disgrace from UM within the next 5 years”. True. Tautological.

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