neopolitan... I did give you one that you did give up on...
I have a word for this sort of thing, triumfantalism. Think pigeon chess.
I just hadn't seen your previous post. Remember that my world does not revolve around responding to you. I may have a look at it later, if I have the time and inclination.
I'll give you another (these syllogism are awfully easy to formulate) that shows you how my previous one works...
1/ If chess does not exist then the perfect chess game does not exist.
2/ A perfect chess game does exist.
3/ Therefore chess exists.
Now, if you analyse this syllogism in detail you will find that an external constraint is required to ground the syllogism... I'll let you find it...
I'm not allowed to use the word that I want to use to describe this. Hopefully I am allowed to use "nonsense" as in "complete and utter nonsense, Vyvyan".
What is this "analyse in detail"? All you have here is the standard
∄A→
∄B;
∃B;∴
∃A, where A=chess and B=perfect chess game, rather than A=God and B=objective moral values and duties. The content of the syllogism doesn't affect the validity of the syllogism.
I think you've got the word "awful" in the wrong spot, you've conjugated it incorrectly and you've left out the word "wrong".
My previous syllogism works exactly in the same manner...
Of course it does. It's the
same syllogism.
Your interpretation of syllogisms appear confused...
For example... pi is a number, it exists... we use it in geometry calculations...
Thank you, Steven Hawking. It really helps when you explain these sorts of things. If this was written by anyone else (well, not RichardChad), I'd have presumed that you were being condescending. Fortunately, I can assume that you were just being charitable.
Craig would say this in one of his arguments say...
But, what you would do... is this:
"Hang on! The number pi cannot be located on a linear number graph... therefore the number pi does not exist!"
"So, your statement Dr Craig is a lie... you are saying that the number pi exists... when in fact I, neopolitan have proved that pi does not exist!"
Um, your number skills are not in my league, Phil. I know you probably work these things out in your head, but sometimes I find it useful to use mathematics. Look at
this linear graph, it has numbers and it has pi shown clearly.
So no. I would not make any such claim. I think you probably meant that pi is not a rational number, etc. But even so, pi most certainly exists and it is used for much more than geometry calculations. I'd provide a link, but who would we be kidding, you wouldn't read up on it.
Proverbs 17:28 - although the Abraham Lincoln version is more pithy.