And so, without notice or further ado, I will be taking a hiatus from this blog. I don't know how long my departure will be, but I will be concentrating on writing my book, and some stories for my children over the next while.
I must follow my urgeo ut scriptor (urge to scribble).
Take care. I'll see you in a while.
"When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything." ~UMBERTO ECO, (Foucault's Pendulum)
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Things That Make You Go, "Hmm."
I'm not saying I agree, but it is certainly a thoughtful presentation. It has me thinking, that's for sure.
By way of The Thinking Atheist.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Logic Goes A-Walking
The Law of Non-Contradiction (LNC) and the fallacy of False Dichotomy (FD) were out walking one day.
Turning his syllogism to regard FD, LNC quipped, "I've been thinking about you lately, and it occurs to me that you're either a false dichotomy, or you're not."
Slowing from a brisk modus ponens to a casual modus tollens, FD regarded LNC. Smirking FD returned with, "According to our mutual friend, the Law of Identity, it would be contradictory to state that I'm anything other than what I am. I am only that that I am, nothing else."
LNC, cooly calculating his next thought, spoke up, "Of course. Come on! We're going to be late meeting with Begging the Question, and you know how she gets when she spends too much time with Ad Hoc. Anything could happen!"
Picking up their cumulative case, the pair sped along their path to Deduction-ville.
The end.
Turning his syllogism to regard FD, LNC quipped, "I've been thinking about you lately, and it occurs to me that you're either a false dichotomy, or you're not."
Slowing from a brisk modus ponens to a casual modus tollens, FD regarded LNC. Smirking FD returned with, "According to our mutual friend, the Law of Identity, it would be contradictory to state that I'm anything other than what I am. I am only that that I am, nothing else."
LNC, cooly calculating his next thought, spoke up, "Of course. Come on! We're going to be late meeting with Begging the Question, and you know how she gets when she spends too much time with Ad Hoc. Anything could happen!"
Picking up their cumulative case, the pair sped along their path to Deduction-ville.
The end.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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