Subject: Re: Constructionist theory misconstrued. Record set straight.
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Sun Jan 09 2000 - 07:55:02 EST
In a message dated 1/9/00 3:50:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com writes:
<< Constructionism has only shown that formal logic CAN NOT BE PROVEN to be a
property of the universe (and therefore may be a mere human construct). No
one has proven that formal logic IS NOT a property of the universe.
So long as airplanes continue to fly, toilets continue to flush, and NPR
continues to sound from my radio, all, of course, because transitivity
holds, time and time again, even for the unappreciative bohemian
intellectuals, then I must side with the realists.
-Sean >>
I'm not sure who you're replying to here, but that was my point. The point I
was making is that we have to accept even such basic premises as, "the future
will be like the present" (in other words, the sun will rise, and
transitivity will hold) prior to logical proof.
If you don't believe me, ask David Hume :)
Jim
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