[lit-ideas] Re: Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Boy

  • From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 14:11:02 +0000 (GMT)



--- On Fri, 15/5/09, Walter C. Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Walter C. Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Boy
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Donal McEvoy" <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, 15 May, 2009, 8:45 PM
> Is it that the distinction between
> validity and soundness of an argument is no
> longer recognized? Even if Socrates' most cherished dictum
> were true, and the
> argument's conclusion thereby false, the form of the
> argument would remain a
> valid one. 
> 
> (Methinks Donal protests a tad too much and simply has more
> time on his hands
> than he knows what to do with.)

I never actually explicitly denied the arguments validity _or_ soundness - but 
challenged its worth, given various ways its premises might be construed (some 
of which involve false premises and others fairly empty tautological ones). 
Walter must have too little time to read what is written rather than find a 
distinction not observed that has no need to be explicitly made for the 
purposes of what was posted.

Donal



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