2007年6月2日星期六

常见逻辑谬误:burden of proof/举证责任

burden of proof

You said that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove.


The burden of proof lies with someone who is making a claim, and is not upon anyone else to disprove. The inability, or disinclination, to disprove a claim does not render that claim valid, nor give it any credence whatsoever. However it is important to note that we can never be certain of anything, and so we must assign value to any claim based on the available evidence, and to dismiss something on the basis that it hasn't been proven beyond all doubt is also fallacious reasoning.

Example: Bertrand declares that a teapot is, at this very moment, in orbit around the Sun between the Earth and Mars, and that because no one can prove him wrong, his claim is therefore a valid one.

你认为举证责任不在提出观点的人,而在于质疑观点的人。

当有人提出一个观点结果被人质疑后,你认为举证的责任不在提出观点的人,而在质疑者。不能证伪一个事物,或者举出反例,并不能证明这个事物的合理性。当然,如果只因为没有足够的证据说明一个事物是合理的并不能肯定的说明它是不合理的。

例子:小红说他相信宇宙是一个叫KengDie的全知全能神创造的,因为没有人能证明KengDie不存在,所以KengDie是存在的。小红犯了举证责任的谬误。

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