Language is inconsistent thus all views are absurd
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Language is inconsistent thus all views are absurd
gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-conten ... ssible.pdf
The consequence,it is shown, with language being inconsistent logic shows then all philosophies nihilism, absurdism, existentialism, etc and their negation/opposite are equally valid. Also logic shows All opinions ie feminism and anti-feminism etc are equally valid. Each view contains within it its negation as all views end in meaninglessness
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Re: Language is inconsistent thus all views are absurd
I read the article and I do not think your math analysis is correct.So 1 +1=2
And
1 + 1 = 1
Thus a contradiction in
mathematics
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Re: Language is inconsistent thus all views are absurd
Two opposing things may both be valid, but in different circumstances, or at different times, or when both circumstances and times are different.
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Re: Language is inconsistent thus all views are absurd
The reason why the above assertion (which has been argued for on several different threads) is obviously invalid is that if you remove some of the words/symbols from a statement and/or add some other words/symbols then you usually change its meaning. Pretty simple really. Changing the words changes the meaning. I don't think that's news.1 number [2] + 1 number[3] = 1 number[5]
ie 1+1=1
For some reason gimal likes to just re-post the same thing over and over again. Perhaps to see how long the reaction goes on for. Pretty long, I guess.
-- Updated Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:25 pm to add the following --
It strangely reminds me of what Winnie the Pooh said about his spelling:
"My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places."
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Re: Language is inconsistent thus all views are absurd
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Re: Language is inconsistent thus all views are absurd
Nope, you're mistaking the map for the territory. What that means is that language is inconsistent in portraying ideas, not that ideas themselves are inconsistent. It's entirely possible to use inconsistent language to portray consistent ideas, or else there would be no such thing as translation.gimal wrote:It is shown language is inconsistent.
gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-conten ... ssible.pdf
The consequence,it is shown, with language being inconsistent logic shows then all philosophies nihilism, absurdism, existentialism, etc and their negation/opposite are equally valid.
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Re: Language is inconsistent thus all views are absurd
If 1=1 then 1 + 1 = 1
If 1 is not = 1 then 1 + 1 = 2
In other words no two apples can be identical, if apples are identical in all dimensions then it's 1 + 1 = 1
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Re: Language is inconsistent thus all views are absurd
No but there is such a thing as the absence of the particular thing that a number represents.Ranvier wrote: there is no such thing as 0 because there is no such thing as nothingness.
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