If A is B and B is C, then A is necessarily C. — Zelebg
I think proposition A is true. Proposition A says "there is at least one true proposition". I think that's true, not false! — Bartricks
Okay, do you realize you just agreed to a necessary truth? By agreeing that there exists at least one true proposition, that is considered a necessary truth. — 3017amen
Don't overthink it. — 3017amen
No, I think "if A is B and B is C, then A is C".
I realize you prefer ad hominem when pushed in a corner, but that's ok. (Unfortunately, many people resort to that behavior as a deflection mechanism when denying facts.) It's a cognitive science thing too expansive to unpack here. — 3017amen
Maybe, 'contingent truth' will be easier for you to grasp. — 3017amen
First answer this question: — 3017amen
1. all events must have a cause
Is that proposition true or false? — 3017amen
I think all events do have causes. I don't think they have to. But I think they all do. — Bartricks
If you are saying that you think all events have 'cause-s', you are saying that it is both a necessary and contingent truth. ( At first you said 'False', so I'm just trying to understand you.) — 3017amen
By necessary truth, do you mean proposition that are true by definition. For example "All bachelors are unmarried " is true by definition. It is necessarily true. — Wittgenstein
What do you take the word neccessary to mean ? — Wittgenstein
But if l say a certain proposition is sometimes true , l also say that it is sometimes false. But if l say a proposition is always true, then it is never false. The word neccessary, always adds clarity to what we are stating. It is a good distinction.necessarily true' is really no different to saying it is TRUE!!
Why? I don't see that at all. — Bartricks
But the vast bulk would accept that some truths are necessary and those that are not necessary are contingent. — Bartricks
I think no truth is necessarily true, but at the same time I do not think that it is true that a true proposition 'could be false'. — Bartricks
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