(June 23, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(June 23, 2016 at 7:12 pm)SteveII Wrote: I don't think it is question begging. Through inductive reasoning you conclude that a MGB would be necessary. It is not an arbitrary property assigned to trigger the modal logic.
I don't see how induction would help you there. Can you explain?
You are right. I meant deductive.
Quote:(June 23, 2016 at 7:12 pm)SteveII Wrote: I understand if you grow tired of this. No hard feelings if you don't want to continue.
I'm not so much tired of it as I feel it has run its course and I don't know where we would go from here. You feel that greatness could be in principle defined, if not by this then by other arguments, whereas I find the notion incoherent. It seems we are at an impasse.
You are correct. As always, it has been a pleasure. Thanks for challenging me to think carefully on these things.
