Re: "Friendly Premises"

George Dance wrote:

Surely not.  I am pointing out that, if Mr. Shobe is correct that the
concepts of 'self-proving procedure' and 'proof' refer to the same
things, then asserting (as you did) "There is no concept of
'self-proving procedure' in logic" is equivalent to asserting "There is
no concept of 'proof' in logic."


Let's do a little word game:

  I am pointing that, if the words 'bloem' and 'flower'
  refer to the same things, then asserting "there is no
  word 'bloem' in English" is equivalent to asserting
  "there is no word 'flower' in English."

Do you agree with this? :-)

groente
-- Sander
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