RE: On Logic and Alternate Universes
November 6, 2016 at 1:00 pm
(This post was last modified: November 6, 2016 at 1:02 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 6, 2016 at 12:48 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Lay that aside, because it's not what the op asks anyway, the op asks whether or not the rules of that hypothetical can be logical.
The hypothetical isn't even a hypothetical yet. The Law of Identity has to be admitted first.
When the OP says "Suppose there is a universe with other logical laws... oh but 2+2 still =4 and A=A" there's a hypothetical. Then the premise can be addressed. A hypothetical where A=not A or 2+2=5 isn't even a hypothetical. "A=not A" is not a premise. Unless you consider "sjaogjasgoasjgoas" a premise.
I can't even address a question that makes no sense and is based on a failed hypothetical. You can't have hypotheticals without the truth of A=A. "if X then Y" means "if X then Y".
It's like these people who ask "why is there something rather than nothing?" without realizing that there simply couldn't be nothing because nothing is nothing so the question makes no sense in the first place. It's a poorly phrased question. "Why did the big bang happen rather than not happen?" now THERE'S a quesiton.
