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 | | From: | Albert | | Subject: | Re: Epistemology 101 | | Date: | Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:37:29 -0600 |
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 | Mike wrote:
> Albert wrote:
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>>Subject? Perhaps only with the meaning of 'target'. Of course,
>>truth or falsity are also the targets of human reasoning such as
>>in inference. In both cases the target is never attained.
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> All cranks make foolish statements
> Albert is a crank
> Albert makes foolish statements
Valid, but not sound, and therefore a lie.
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> What about that? I attained the target with an good old categorical
> logic inference.
You missed the target totally. The target was truth. Remember?
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> What about that:
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> All unicorns are red
> Albert is a unicorn
> Albert is read
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> Pretty valid inference yo crank.
Not even valid. Just silly.
--
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the
range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally
impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."
-- George Orwell as Syme in "1984"
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