On 10/27/2018 3:15 AM, Tomas Pales wrote:
On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 2:55:57 AM UTC+2, Brent wrote:
Logical consistency is a relation between sentences. It's not
about existence. The sentences might be about the existence of
something, but that's different. Or the sentences may have
variables quantified by existential quantifiers, but that's
different too. To say logical consistency is needed for existence
would be a category error.
An inconsistent object is an inconsistently defined object. Sentences
define objects by attributing properties to them. If a sentence is
inconsistent, it says that an object has and does not have the same
property, and thus that the object is not what it is. An inconsistent
object cannot exist.
One wonders why you suddenly switched from talking about existence,
which is what I responded to above, and instead brought of consistency?
Muddying the waters? Objects can't be inconsistent, but sentences can.
So the concept only applies to sentences, not to objects. So what?
Brent
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