This sounds like an XY problem. What you’re looking for isn’t logic, but epistemology.
Science is, and always has been, Natural Philosophy. Now, philosophy can be done well or badly. But Natural Philosophy has a great advantage over other philosophical branches: better data. This makes such a difference that scientists often don’t think of themselves as philosophers anymore (but they are).
What makes the modern Scientific Method especially effective compared to older approaches is the rejection of unreliable epistemology. The whole culture of modern science is founded on that. Sure, we have better tools and more developed mathematics now, but the principles of epistemology we continue to use in science were known anciently. The difference is in what methods we don’t accept as valid.
So is Creationism a philosophy of nature? Sure is! But they’re making embarrassing, obvious mistakes in epistemology that would make any real scientist facepalm, and yet call themselves “scientific”. That’s why we call it pseudoscience.
If you’re trying to win an argument with a creationist family member, presenting them evidence isn’t going to help as long as their epistemology remains broken. They’ll be unable to process it. Socratic questioning can lead your interlocutor to discover the contradictions their faulty methods must lead them to. Look up “street epistemology” for examples of the technique.
This sounds like an XY problem. What you’re looking for isn’t logic, but epistemology.
Science is, and always has been, Natural Philosophy. Now, philosophy can be done well or badly. But Natural Philosophy has a great advantage over other philosophical branches: better data. This makes such a difference that scientists often don’t think of themselves as philosophers anymore (but they are).
What makes the modern Scientific Method especially effective compared to older approaches is the rejection of unreliable epistemology. The whole culture of modern science is founded on that. Sure, we have better tools and more developed mathematics now, but the principles of epistemology we continue to use in science were known anciently. The difference is in what methods we don’t accept as valid.
So is Creationism a philosophy of nature? Sure is! But they’re making embarrassing, obvious mistakes in epistemology that would make any real scientist facepalm, and yet call themselves “scientific”. That’s why we call it pseudoscience.
If you’re trying to win an argument with a creationist family member, presenting them evidence isn’t going to help as long as their epistemology remains broken. They’ll be unable to process it. Socratic questioning can lead your interlocutor to discover the contradictions their faulty methods must lead them to. Look up “street epistemology” for examples of the technique.