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Originally Posted by Brian Bosse  Hello CC,
"If the car is red, then the car is red" is precisely what it means. It is not unlike saying that everything is what it is. |
But wouldn't it just be a violation of the NLC to say that something is what it is and also is what it is not?
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I know it is rude to answer a question with a question, but please indulge me.
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Ask away! Questions will make me think and help me learn the material better.
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Why is it important to acknoweldge the law of non-contradiction or excluded middle?
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Is this question meant to show that those things are just as "given" as the LOI? Would the answer be that we must acknowledge these three foundational laws so that we have something from which to derive other principles?