Re: Eternal Verities
From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 10/23/04
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:49:07 GMT
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:30:46 GMT, patty <pattyNO@SPAMicyberspace.net>
in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>Lester Zick wrote:
>> Eternal Verities
>> -------
>>
>> Lester's opinion -
>>
>> Everything is differences because alternatives are self contradictory
>> since anything different from differences is an oxymoron.
>>
>> patty's opinion -
>>
>> Lester's opinion is wrong because philosophers don't like tautologies
>> and patty isn't nearly as stupid as this argument suggests.
>>
>
>What is gained and what is lost why someone misstates another's position?
What is gained and what is lost when someone misstates her own
position? Same answer I expect.
>To set the record straight: Lester's assertion is not wrong because it
>is a tautology; rather it is just inconsequential.
patty restates another position. patty would have been better off
taking the less than one sentence option for this little mystery
exposition.
>Let's code Lester's statement as a logical predicate to see what i am
>talking about:
>
> (forevery X) (X isa difference)
>
>or perhaps we could try another word:
>
> (forevery X) (X isa Thing)
>
>or maybe the one used in RDF:
>
> (forevery X) (X isa Resource)
>
>In fact what we put at the top of any ontology tree is just a token that
>fits into that axiom of class theory. Now does Lester see why his
>statement is of no consequence ? Nope, he will not comprehend this.
Or you could just try to code your own position as a logical predicate
to see what you mean and why no one comprehends what you mean.
Regards - Lester
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