Re: Binary Logic is Insufficient

2009-01-20 Thread Abram Demski
Brian, Not a bad argument, but here are a few possible objections I thought of. --Is D *really* an object of thought? Some would say no, based on the paradoxical conclusions that can be reached by considering D. How is it an object of thought if we cannot consistently reason about it? (Treating

Binary logic is insufficient

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Tenneson
*The universe is not just black and white...* Or another way to state that is that two truth values (true and false) are insufficient to describe all propositions. I propose the following: If the universe exists and if

Binary Logic is Insufficient

2009-01-12 Thread Brian Tenneson
The universe is not just black and white... Or another way to state that is that two truth values (true and false) are insufficient to describe all propositions. I propose the following: If the universe exists and if for all things X and Y, the utterance X contains Y is proposition, then the