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selah
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| Posted 6/15/2007 10:35 AM (GMT -6) |   |
This is how my friend makes good use of his free time...
 ~selah
"When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world — no matter how imperfect — becomes rich and beautiful, it consists solely of opportunities for love." ~ Soren Kierkegaard Post Edited (selah) : 6/17/2007 8:23:19 AM (GMT-5) | | Back to Top | | |
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Tom
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| Posted 6/15/2007 10:18 PM (GMT -6) | | Nice try, but no cigar. When we object to logical contradictions by appealing to the impossibility of square circles or round triangles and the like, we mean to say that that which constitutes triangularity cannot also be that which constitutes squareness, or circularity, etc. What your beau does is come up with a block that has all three shapes, but the shapes don't interfere with each other. They're not mutually constituative.
This will demonstrate the point. Notice that on the plane he holds he's got three separate opennings, one in the shape of a triangle, one a circle, and one a square. That he has to carve each shape into the face of the plane as THREE separate opennings proves my point. Have him do this. Have him come up with ONE openning on the plane (as opposed to three) and let that one openning be a triangle, a circle, and a square. THAT is impossible. THAT demonstrates the impossibility of square circles.
I think he's cute though!
Tom
Post Edited (MANY) : 6/15/2007 10:22:06 PM (GMT-5) | | Back to Top | | |
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Similitude
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| Posted 6/16/2007 8:51 AM (GMT -6) | | Tom: When we object to logical contradictions by appealing to the impossibility of square circles or round triangles and the like, we mean to say that that which constitutes triangularity cannot also be that which constitutes squareness, or circularity, etc.
Jeff: He talked about not seeing "how" there could be a God or a creation of the universe. So he may not have been addressing logical contradictions, per se. Maybe he was just saying that there are possibilities that we haven't considered, and, therefore, we ought to approach these questions with a little humility. Whatever the case, he is, indeed, WAY cute.
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