{
  "author": "Maclain Hunter",
  "title": "Evidence Requires Logic by Maclain Hunter",
  "identifier": "hunter-evidence-requires-logic",
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  "content": "Evidence Requires Logic by Maclain Hunter\n\nPremises: \n\nP: demand for “evidence” (or proof) presupposes the validity of logical reasoning. One must use Logic to demand evidence.\n\t\nQ: If Logic (Logos) is denied, then no coherent evidence can be demanded.\n\nR: Therefore, demanding evidence already affirms the necessity of Logos.\n\nS: This is a logically sound ontological argument for Logos. Assume otherwise for a moment, and that the premises (P, Q, R, and S) are unsound. Testing that assumption leads to logical contradictions where logically derived concepts like evidence and proof (including this proof) might somehow exist absent all Logic and logics - the Universal Logos and all local “logoi” it contains. That is of course absurd and this absurdity is resolved in a logical fashion easily by simply accepting the premises and proof here. \n\nLogical Proof: \n\n{P, P -> Q, Q -> R, R <-> S} |= (P & Q) -> (R & S)\n\nConclusion: {P, Q, R, S}: \n\nLogic is plainly evident as the “Root of Proof and Evidence”. If not then the existence of proof and evidence would itself absurdly be “not evident or proven” (or feasible). It is certain that the Logos (or Universal Logic) exists along with proofs like this one which you cannot coherently deny the existence of (if and since you are reading this). \n\nThis, and the fact that you can observe this proof, means that this proof is allowing you to empirically observe the same Order that the Cosmos itself relies upon, also understood as the “God of Reason” or “Logos” - the God of the Bible that many atheists and theists alike have asked to be “shown”. \n\nIf you have asked then you have now received. \n\nTruth Table Analysis: \n\nPQRS⎪P P→Q Q→R R↔S╞(P&Q)→(R&S)\n\nTTTT⎪T TTT TTT TTT  TTT T TTT \nTTTF⎪T TTT TTT TFF  TTT F TFF \nTTFT⎪T TTT TFF FFT  TTT F FFT \nTTFF⎪T TTT TFF FTF  TTT F FFF \nTFTT⎪T TFF FTT TTT  TFF T TTT \nTFTF⎪T TFF FTT TFF  TFF T TFF \nTFFT⎪T TFF FTF FFT  TFF T FFT \nTFFF⎪T TFF FTF FTF  TFF T FFF \nFTTT⎪F FTT TTT TTT  FFT T TTT \nFTTF⎪F FTT TTT TFF  FFT T TFF \nFTFT⎪F FTT TFF FFT  FFT T FFT \nFTFF⎪F FTT TFF FTF  FFT T FFF \nFFTT⎪F FTF FTT TTT  FFF T TTT \nFFTF⎪F FTF FTT TFF  FFF T TFF \nFFFT⎪F FTF FTF FFT  FFF T FFT \nFFFF⎪F FTF FTF FTF  FFF T FFF \n\nQ.E.D. ",
  "formal": null,
  "structuredAuthoredProof": null,
  "authoredSteps": null,
  "recordedAt": "2026-10-02T20:42:32.100Z",
  "originalAuthoredAt": null,
  "propositionMeaningBoundary": "Atomic identifiers retain their meanings in the exact source. No arbitrary truth assignment establishes an ontological or empirical premise; the formal witness checks the written inference."
}