From xod@bway.net Thu Aug 26 00:10:33 1999 X-Digest-Num: 221 Message-ID: <44114.221.1214.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 03:10:33 -0400 (EDT) From: xod Subject: Re: Anselmisms and gadro X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 1214 On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, John Cowan wrote: > From: John Cowan > > mark@kli.org scripsit: > > > if there actually are no real-life fairies, I'd think my statement would be > > considered true. Statements about members of the nullset are true, right? > > No. A statement about *every* member of the null set may count as true, > but statements about specific members are clearly false. > "All purple rhinos are green" counts as true iff we read it as > "For all x, x is a purple rhino -> x is green." If "All purple rhinos are green" is true, then "One fifth of all purple rhinos are green" must also be true. ----- When somebody says, here is this nice thing that you will enjoy using but if you share it with your neighbor we'll call you a pirate and put you in jail, they are polluting society's most important resource, which is goodwill, the willingness to cooperate with other people. -- RMS