RE: On Logic and Alternate Universes
November 6, 2016 at 7:13 pm
(This post was last modified: November 6, 2016 at 7:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
2+2=4 because the law of identity, as it applies to the relationships between quantities -in this universe- states that it must be 4. That's what it is, and it cannot be what it is, and what it is not.
We're talking about a different universe, where the law of identity, if it held there to begin with, as it applied to the relationships between quantities in -that- universe would describe a different value...because it's a different universe. where 2+2=5, and in that universe, it -is- 5, and cannot be 4, because 4 is what it is not.
If there were such a universe, where that were true, would it make sense to call it a logical universe?
We're talking about a different universe, where the law of identity, if it held there to begin with, as it applied to the relationships between quantities in -that- universe would describe a different value...because it's a different universe. where 2+2=5, and in that universe, it -is- 5, and cannot be 4, because 4 is what it is not.
If there were such a universe, where that were true, would it make sense to call it a logical universe?
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