Tautology

Also known as a Truism, something that is irrefutably true by definition or other reasons. It is also boring to humans as it offers no room for discussion.

Theology's tautology

Many arguments assume that, for instance, the Bible was true in the first place, or God was the first cause and is perfect.
For any of those to be true though, since you mentioned God, you already assumed God existed in the first place!
Assuming God to exist to prove God's existence is a tautological loop!
If there were other arguments, I would love to hear them.

Importance of Tautology

Importance: Everything not logically tautological can be counterargued.

How to do so: Asking “Why”? (famous childhood behaviour, but it’s actually draining to others, so be careful) until either it is an axiom (a statement taken to be true, to serve as a premise) or it is a two-answer loop. The dictionary can help, as official definitions can’t really be argued.

Tactologies are 100% the safe truth.In the realms of PURE LOGIC, for everything else can be counterargued, like "Chocolate is tasty."

Pragmatism of Tautology

Pragmatically, don’t rely on tautologies in daily conversation, though, for humans are actually more drawn into ambition, desires, or surprise, and a tautological argument ends all three.

Example of Tautology

See: Satanist tautology

Daily theoretical tautologician

Q:What’s up?
A:The sky/the ceiling is of vertically upward displacement to your head.

Q:What’s good?
A:Philosophically I don't know. (Philosophically, I can’t really define good and bad)

Q:How are you?
A:..What I am.

Q:Hi! / Hello!
A:Ofve what hasth thou callen me for? (By my logic I won’t waste someone else’s time if I have nothing significant to converse + don’t need to acknowledge that they exist, because they already do. However sometimes I really will pragmatically say Hi back to avoid scaring people out.)

Q:Any plans for the future?
A:No, I don’t plan, I only decide at each instant the best pragmatic thing to do.

Q:Are you ready for the test/exam?
A:I hope I can retrieve information.

Q: Fan lei la (have you come back)?
A: Yes, I am literally in front of you within the confines of the property. (By definition I have just came back home so of course that question’s answer is YES)

Q: What’s on your mind?
A: Too many ideas to tell you quickly.

Q: Is everything okay?/ All good?
A: No. Unfortunately, North Korea isn’t particularly okay/good today.

Q:You good?
A:Not much, nothing, really, because I’m at school. :(

Q: Are you ready?
A: No, there is still more to do.

Q: Meaning of life?
A: To survive, for if it is not it is the opposite of a life.

Q:Can I ask you a question?
A: You just did. Don’t ask a second one, because “a” means ONE question only!

Q:Do you know XXX?
A: Yes/No (No elaboration since no tell me)

Q:I'm sorry to bother you…
A: State your purpose.

Q:(emotional laundering)
A:How does this impact your psyche?

Q:Can you YYY XXX?
A:Theoretically I can./Theoretically I can, but I don’t want to at this moment.

Q:Do you have a minute?
A:I have many more.

Q:What's new?
A:Relative to which point time?

Q:Are you busy?
A:Relative to what level of busyness?

Q:Are you cold/hot?
A:Relative to what temperature?

Q:Are you tired?
A:Relative to what energy level?

Q:What are you listening to?
A:Your voice.

Q:What are you reading?
A:Your facial cues.

Q:Take care.
A:Of what?

Q:Can you keep a secret?
A:Technically, I possess the capacity to do so…

Lastly: one famous philosophical example I realized was a tautology

Schopenhauer: if the world is any worse than it is [...] ... but the world can only be what "is". Or maybe there only is one reality, so it is both the best and worst of all worlds, and that the interpretation of the world's goodness and badness can only occur while alive so it's the worst possible life right now.

Category:Logic