[lit-ideas] Re: Can You Imagine 2 + 2 = 5?
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:53:22 -0800
What I had in mind and sorry for the confusion was that being certain that
Ursula lives in Canada e.g. doesn't entail that she lives there; i.e., it
doesn't entail that the proposition 'Ursula lives in Canada,' is true. In
other words, x was standing in for a proposition.
For many years, I agreed with the logic of this statement. Just because you
believe something doesn't make it real (note that i use "real", not "true").
But I've noticed that it is indeed possible for people "to believe a logical
impossiblity", and to make it stronger, it's possible for people "to know a
logical impossiblity".
Therefore the "one can't imagine 2+2=5" argument, which appears to be
logical, isn't correct (and that's an amusing example of itself, isn't it?)
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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