Author: José Carlos
Date: 01:04:20 08/07/02
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On August 07, 2002 at 01:53:13, Russell Reagan wrote: >On August 06, 2002 at 19:15:05, José Carlos wrote: > >>The only absolute truth we can know is that we can't know >>any absolute truth... > >That's a contradiction. If the only absolute truth is "we can't know any >absolute truth", then it follows that we can't know the absolute truth that "we >can't know any absolute truth". Therefore the statement is false. Correct. So what do you conclude about absolute truth? If I can't say it doesn't exist without falling in contradiction, then I can only say thy exist. First law of absolute truth: "Absolute truth exists". I love logic... :) >Did I get that right? I hope I remember enough from that frustrating logic >class. I tried to forget as much as possible, but unfortunately some has stuck >with me :) Don't forget it. In my personal experience as a programmer, it's been useful for me to simplify logical statements or try to prove when two complicated logical statements are equivalent. >Russell José C.
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