The Absence of Definition Paradox

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Eodnhoj7
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The Absence of Definition Paradox

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If x is undefined then we are saying x is absent of definition. This absence is what x is not, it is a negative. This negative however defines x because it points to what it is not. Thus in saying something is indefinite we are contradictorily making a definition because this definition is negative in nature. Absence is definition as it is a limit to the thing observed.
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Re: The Absence of Definition Paradox

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Simplify the universe to a 3 color pixels (Blue, Green and Red).

How we define "Blue"?

We can say "that is Blue", pointing to the Blue pixel.

Or we can say that "Blue" is "no-Green and no-Red".

Both are definitions of "Blue".

There is no thing that has no definition. Every thing has a definition.

There is no contradiction, because there is no something like "an undefined thing". All things are defined.


If you think of "God", then, you are thinking about a "thing", and you are defining it, implicit or explicit.

The contradiction is when you say "God is undefined", because you are saying "God" and that is a "thing" in your mind you have had defined, to later say that "this defined thing in my mind is undefined".

If you dont do that, there is no contradiction.


Why u dont understand this yet?
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Re: The Absence of Definition Paradox

Post by Eodnhoj7 »

CHNOPS wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 7:29 pm Simplify the universe to a 3 color pixels (Blue, Green and Red).

How we define "Blue"?

We can say "that is Blue", pointing to the Blue pixel.

Or we can say that "Blue" is "no-Green and no-Red".

Both are definitions of "Blue".

There is no thing that has no definition. Every thing has a definition.

There is no contradiction, because there is no something like "an undefined thing". All things are defined.


If you think of "God", then, you are thinking about a "thing", and you are defining it, implicit or explicit.

The contradiction is when you say "God is undefined", because you are saying "God" and that is a "thing" in your mind you have had defined, to later say that "this defined thing in my mind is undefined".

If you dont do that, there is no contradiction.


Why u dont understand this yet?
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