So you'd say that either there's no creation of heaven and earth until humans, as a species, develop consciousness, or that there somehow keeps being no heaven and earth for each individual until they're about five years old? — Terrapin Station
There is nothing wrong with having logically impossible attributes. After all, consciousness itself operates that way. — 3017amen
So the question to you is, how is it logically impossible? — tim wood
The proposition that I was driving and not driving at the same time is true because it has more than two truth values; you were kind-of driving. As a proposition, it's logically impossible to explain (its nature) as it would only violate LEM. — 3017amen
Thus you died because you stopped driving the car, and started daydreaming. — Philosophim
Non sequitor, evasion, deflection. Just think a bit and write down a coherent example that will serve to answer the question. — tim wood
But I 'was' driving the car, otherwise, wouldn't have crashed and killed myself. So in a proposition, I was both driving and not driving holds true. Hence violation of LEM. — 3017amen
The proposition that I was driving and not driving at the same time is true because it has more than two truth values; you were kind-of driving. — 3017amen
What is your particular definition of driving? — Philosophim
Driving is the controlled operation and movement of a motor vehicle, including cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses. In that case, it was controlled, yet not controlled. — 3017amen
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