RE: On Logic and Alternate Universes
November 6, 2016 at 1:25 pm
(This post was last modified: November 6, 2016 at 1:26 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 6, 2016 at 1:14 pm)Rhythm Wrote: There are illogical premises. Their being illogical does not mean that they do not exist. Stop.
They all at least contain the logical law of identity so they're not fully illogical. The only alternative is they're not a premise at all. You can't have a premise that isn't a premise.
Quote:I'm not contradicting myself, I'm relating to you the specifics of someone -else's- hypothetical....which I do not consider to be even remotely rational.
You're contradicting yourself because you told me you accept that 2+2=5 violates the law of identity but then you also said that even if the law of identity holds in this other universe 2+2 can =5. That's self-contradictory. if 2+2=5 violates the law of identity then it can't hold in a universe with the law of identity.
Quote: Nevertheless, I am capable of addressing the question posed by that hypothetical rationally, and so are you...you simply -haven't been-.
Yes I have. I'm addressing the question by saying that it fails to ask what it thinks it is asking. I'm addressing the premise by saying it's not actually a successful premise.
