2014년 11월 15일 토요일

Second Draft Refutation

Evidently, this essay took an unconventional view and was being developed uniquely, so plenty of people are expected to refute my position. One of the probable counterarguments is that this one has scientific error.
Velocity ​​of the observer must be nearing the speed of light in order to observe a noticeable effect of relativity of simultaneity. To carry my point I have applied the special theory of relativity; however, a discrepancy between the time be able to happen only under the assumption that time dilation occurs. It can be seen the observation on such an effect in the daily life is almost impossible for this reason. Furthermore, in the strict sense, the concept of "motion" in Einstein's theory only means the physical movement, not include the pace of mental communion or the timing of marriage and sex. Therefore, my opinion can sound like a sophism.

Of course, these arguments are all shortsighted and overlook one of the ways to develop an essay: analogy. According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Analogy is "a comparison between two objects, or systems of objects, that highlights respects in which they are thought to be similar," "widely recognized as playing an important heuristic role, as aids to discovery." "They have been employed, in a wide variety of settings and with considerable success, to generate insight and to formulate possible solutions to problems."
According to Joseph Priestley, a pioneer in chemistry and electricity,
analogy is our best guide in all philosophical investigations; and all discoveries, which were not made by mere accident, have been made by the help of it. (1769/1966: 14)
And the reason I suggested Einstein's theory of relativity as the rationale of this essay, of course, was the purpose to give a convincing and novelty in my argument, using deployment method called analogy. Consequently, the claim that my opinion is wrong because it has an error scientifically cannot make a sense in this case.

Bibliography
  • https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/RelativityOfSimultaneity/
  • http://blog.naver.com/tkdguq88/90026383586
  • http://physics.info/motion/
  • http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/reasoning-analogy/

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