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Originally Posted by paul manata  If you don't see how it does any job then I suggest reading my discussion with the guys on Butler's blog. I went through all this in detail. Maybe you can answer some of the questions for them? (btw, who's claiming it's true?) |
I will look into your adventures as John Calvin in the near future.
I have spoken to Don, a fellow participant, since the discussion on Butler's blog. That discussion broke down when it came down to what is possible vs. impossible.
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1) Why, is that necessary for the preconditions of intelligibility to be met or something?
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If Four is impossible then how can it be a possible counter for Christianity? Would it not be akin to saying, "It is just like Christianity but there are differences in ways that are impossible."
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2) Logical contradictions are logically impossible. But, there's other types of possibilties - physical, epistemological, metaphysical and, lastly, logical.
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So you accept that there are other forms of impossibilities beyond logical?
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You're square-circle counter is false, I think. It violates definitions, not space.
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For your objection here to have teeth, it would seem that you would have to claim that our defining of space came before actual space. If not, then our definitions just recognize what is there.
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My thoughts aren't confined by space, so why can't I *conceive* of a square circle?
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Imagine a *Possible* world where everything is the same shade of blue. You grew up in and continue to live in this world. What would happen if I came up to you in this world and asked you to talk to me about the color red.
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