"And so I can easily prove that flying pink elephant does not exist, as far as I am consistent."
Ah, Dear Bruno, you are not the only one that must agree that the elephant does not exist (unless you embrace that you are a consistent solipsist!) On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 4:28 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 08 Jun 2013, at 07:41, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > " If you believe that a flying pink elephant is pink, must you believe a > flying pink elephant exists?" > > Yes, at least for the chap that holds the belief and the belief is true > (ala Bruno). > > > Right, but like I said, I believe also that flying pink elephant are not > pink. And so I can easily prove that flying pink elephant does not exist, > as far as I am consistent. > > Bruno > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:15 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 6/7/2013 4:00 PM, Stephen Paul King wrote: >> >> Yes, if there was a text of this it would be nice... I found this: >> http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fictionalism-mathematics/ >> >> >> A fictionalist account holds that some things are fictional, i.e. don't >> exist even though their complete description is self-consistent. >> Everythingists apparently reject this idea. Platonists seem to equate >> 'true' with 'exists'. If you believe 17 is prime you must believe 17 >> exists. I think this is wrong. If you believe that a flying pink >> elephant is pink, must you believe a flying pink elephant exists? >> >> Brent >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/_ONFIcyntY4/unsubscribe?hl=en >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/_ONFIcyntY4/unsubscribe?hl=en > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
