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Subject: Re: To Robert Hyatt, Dan Corbit, Christophe Theron , And Other Experts.

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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