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Article #606Re: The Cosmological Bad Dream
From: Michael Hand
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 01:32
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 01:32
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Frank Adams writes: >If I assert, "I saw the man come in. He was tall, thin, >brown-haired, wore glasses, and smoking a cigar.", and it turns out his hair >is actually black instead of brown, you don't necessarily conclude that my >assertion was "false". It *do* conclude that it was not correct in every >detail. No, you don't *necessarily* conclude this, but it's true anyway -- assuming the definite description successfully denotes. The second claim is a conjunction, and is thus false if even one conjunct is false. Does this really need pointing out in sci.philosophy.TECH, for x's sake? B-o} Michael _______________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Hand phone (409)845-5660, fax (409)845-0458 Dept of Philosophy, Texas A&M Univ, College Station TX 77843-4237 U.S.A.
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Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!tamuts!e343mh From: e343mh@tamuts.tamu.edu (Michael Hand) Subject: Re: The Cosmological Bad Dream Message-ID: <1992Oct7.013230.20350@tamsun.tamu.edu> Sender: news@tamsun.tamu.edu (Read News) Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 01:32:30 GMT Lines: 17