Re: A theorem for agnostics

From: Paul Holbach (paulholbachSPAMBAN_at_freenet.de)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: 24 Jul 2004 22:45:54 -0700

> paulholbachSPAMBAN@freenet.de (Paul Holbach) wrote in message news:<
> 881c8779.0407221954.31b74a36@posting.google.com>...

> Insiders, who can always tell the
> logical from the illogical below the surface of their idiomatic
> expressions, may go their own convenient way. - But, nevertheless, too
> much verbal sloppiness in logical discourse does increase the
> likelihood that misinterpretations and false conclusions start
> creeping in, even among 'the knowledgeable ones'!

"Die Sprachen sind in logischen Fragen unzuverlässig. Ist es doch
nicht eine der geringsten Aufgaben des Logikers, auf die Fallstricke
hinzuweisen, die von der Sprache dem Denkenden gelegt werden."

(Frege: "Die Verneinung", 1918)

"As regards logical issues, the languages are unreliable. It is not
one of the logician´s minor tasks to point to the snares which
language has set for the thinker."

(Frege: "Negation", 1918)

PH

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