Re: MD Where things end.

From: David MOREY (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 21:18:12 BST

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    Platt

    Sounds a bit out of date to me.
    The maths bods talk about disconnected
    islands of logic these days that you have to
    leap across to. Also if logic never
    broke would there be something rather than nothing?

    regards
    DM

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:08 PM
    Subject: Re: MD Where things end.

    > Andy,
    >
    > > Ok, I see it's like the absolute, "there are no absolutes," or having no
    > > tolerance for intolerance. I am not sure why you think it is insightful
    > > to point these contradictions out. They are trivial and really don't
    > > point to a hole in someones argument. You may as well tell someone to
    > > just give up on discussion altogether. These contradictions are
    > > inherent in our language.
    >
    > Logic is defined in my introductory philosophy text book as "systematic
    > analysis of the correct and incorrect processes of reasoning." Am I to
    > conclude from your reply that one can argue irrationally and be taken
    > seriously? Are you aware of the principle in logic that no statement
    > can be both true and false?
    >
    > Oh, I get it. Being a Rorty/Fish fan, you don't believe in either
    > principles or truth. :-)
    >
    > Platt
    >
    >
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