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Hi Clutch,
I was re-reading over my previous arguments against PoE and came to your objections of my last presentation of the argument and suddenly realized how erroneously I had formulated the argument. So, just for the record, I’m re-stating it here in case you’re interested. If not, just ignore this. But I hope this clarifies the formal statement somewhat. PoE states: If X then not Y Y therefore not X My rebuttal should have read: If not X then not Y Y therefore X With X representing an omnimax being and Y representing man’s current state of affairs exactly, for both statements. (or have I mucked it up again?) Then, of course, any further discussion would require we flesh out these statements as I have done here: http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread....rainbow+walking |
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Would it be clearer if I stated it thus? If X then Y Y therefore X Or is that just another way of saying the same thing? |
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