Speakpigeon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:50 am
The language of the argument is very precise and definite.
To make such claims of language requires some extraordinary evidence
Speakpigeon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:50 am
1. Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to conceal the truth. See Synonyms at ambiguous.
All language and logic is open to infinite interpretations. Unless the rules for interpretation can be enforced.
As a computer scientist - I know this. Do you?
Speakpigeon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:50 am
See?
Still, given what you've learn in the last 24 hours, you should be able to formalise fully the argument since you accept it's valid. You're the science computer specialist here, and the parsing now should be crisp, so, what's holding you?!
EB
All I've learned in the last 24 hours is that you are an Aristotelian. A classical logician. Long way ahead for you.
Speakpigeon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:50 am
intended to conceal the truth
Oh yes! I Love this part!
By your own rules (which I don't really adhere to).
Either this statement is true:
What C does may be determined by A
or this statement is true.
What C does may NOT be determined by A.
Since your argument brings us no closer to actually deciding which one of the two above is true, would you say that you have revealed the truth?
By LEM again either:
A: You have revealed the truth.
B. You have not revealed the truth is true.
Would you say that "not revealing the truth" is the same as "concealing the truth", or is that a false dichotomy?
If it is not a false dichotomy then it's equivocation.
If it is a false dichotomy. Then lets just say that while you have not concealed the truth, you have not revealed it either.
Because either the state of C is or is not determined by A is a truism.
Which is why I referred you to probability theory right in the beginning. What probability do you have in mind when you use the word "MAY"?
If there is 1 in 1000 chance that C is determined by A, would you evaluate your conclusion as "true"?
What about 1 in 1000000?
What about 1 in 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000?
What about 1 in X?
Is there any value for X (other than 0 and ∞) which would make you assert the "MAY" as false?