<http://mol.redbarn.org/objectivism/Writing/RonMerrill/AxiomsTheEightFoldWay.html> The Law of the Excluded Middle is Rand's "either-or". Every statement is either true or false. Attempts have been made to construct "non-Aristotelian" or so-called "multi-valued logics." (Cf. Kramer 1970, 132-133.) But no such structure is truly assertable; to make an assertion is to claim that something is true rather than false. Note the absurdity of attempting to claim that it is true that a "three-valued" logic is valid, and therefore Aristotelian logic is invalid.
--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Zack Bass" <zak...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, Wraith <wraith@> wrote: > > > > "You're either with us, or you're with...." > > Perfect dichotomies tend to lend themselves to > > fallacies rather easily. > > > > That's stupid. Yours is a FALSE Dichotomy. > A perfect Dichotomy would be, "Either you are with us, or you are NOT with > us." THAT isnot a Fallacy. > All you need for a perfect Dichotomy is a statement, and the logical negation > of that statement. > > A OR NOT A. Ring a bell? >
