Published September 30, 2017 | Version 1
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Quasi-Tautologies: The Case of the Birch Moth

Creators

  • 1. IEMI Group – Regional Faculty Mendoza – National Technological University. Department Chief of Philosophical Aspects of Physical-Mathematical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Letters – National University of Cuyo. Mendoza, Argentina. Email for correspondence: gacuadrado@gmail.com
  • 2. Institute of Philosophy and of the Institute of Linguistics - Lecturer in the General Psychology Department - Lecturer in the Philosophical Aspects of Physical-Mathematical Science Department - Faculty of Philosophy and Letters - Teacher and Researcher in Artificial Intelligence in the Mechatronics Career - Faculty of Engineering - National University of Cuyo – Mendoza, Argentina Email for correspondence: dantesalatino@gmail.com

Description

The purpose of this paper is to analyze quasi-tautological statements which would provide few information about reality and, therefore, would be difficult to refute. The method employed was to analyze the birch moth problem: (i) comparing two epistemological positions and (ii) investigating a functional pattern of Transcurssive Logic. It was found that quasi-tautologies arise by unlinking a statement from the rest of its theory. In addition, it was found that the deductions of the systemic epistemological position and that of the Transcurssive Logic coincide. The result enables Transcurssive Logic as a powerful method of inquiring into reality.

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