<< A tautology, even if true, does not mean that the argument is untrue.>>
My eyes crossed a little at this syntax, but I think I catch your drift. A
tautology is not, ipso facto, reflective of the falsity of the issue. It is,
however, not evidence for it, either. So it seems we must step out of the
ivory tower of theory and into the murky waters of empiricism if we are going
to get more than pretty circles out of this form of argument.
Jim