Sun 28 Nov, 2010 11:06 am - Dr Dick
That makes sense.
I Googled my question and hit a web page on the work of Worthington (of the Ayn Rand School of philosophy I think). His logic would conclude that, under the... (view)
Sun 28 Nov, 2010 09:59 am - able2know philosophers were able to help me to understand that "opportunity" is a necessary but insufficient condition for crime {see: Tautology in Criminology?}.
Having reached that... (view)
Wed 24 Nov, 2010 09:55 am - Thanks Joefromchicago
Where I think I got muddled towards the end (I do fully understand the necessary but not sufficient condition explanation) seems to be in my erroneous thinking that if a... (view)
Mon 22 Nov, 2010 11:09 am - I take back what I said above about it not begging the question. I think it does and also that it a case of fallacious circular reasoning and therefore not quite a tautology as currently defined. (view)
Mon 22 Nov, 2010 10:27 am - I think everyone here is agreed then that Laycock's statement: "The most significant and universal cause of crime is opportunity. If there were no opportunities there would be no crimes.... (view)
Mon 22 Nov, 2010 07:33 am - Please note. The philosopher from the website I mention - who's advice I directly quoted (in quotation marks) in my posts on this question - is Christopher Sunami, of http://kitoba.com
I... (view)
Fri 19 Nov, 2010 10:37 am -
The philosopher from the website “ask a philosopher" emailed this regarding my contention that at some level "opportunities must have been present for every crime that was ever... (view)
Fri 19 Nov, 2010 09:37 am - Kennethamy
I'm 100% convinced you've nailed it with that two pronged explantion. It is an understatement to say this is incredibly helpful to me.
I knew I needed philosophical... (view)
Fri 19 Nov, 2010 05:40 am - Dear Kennethamy
Many thanks. You are right. I went onto another website called "ask a philospher" yesterday and received an excellent reply - as follows:
" Question: Is... (view)
Thu 18 Nov, 2010 10:12 am - Thomas
Yes it helps a lot. Many thanks.
What I'm confused about still is Downes' contention that the Chicago Ecologists were tautological despite the fact that their notion was... (view)
