it is not possible that a proposition not be contingent. — Banno
If it is true, then every proposition is a contingent proposition. — Banno
But as I already said, I do not see why this:
it is not possible that a proposition not be contingent.
— Banno
follows from this:
If it is true, then every proposition is a contingent proposition.
— Banno — Bartricks
An event becomes more past, not by 'flowing' further down the river of time, but by the sensation of pastness becoming more intense in God. — Bartricks
Dummo thinks that if it is possible for there to be true contradictions, then there are some. Do you agree? — Bartricks
You're confident I'm wrong, yes? Odd. Why so confident? — Bartricks
What's a possible world?
May I talk with the same right about toity worlds? Have you read Toity Worlds by Professor Boule Sheet?
There's a toity world in which there is a centaur. And there's a toity world in which there is a true contradiction. Might that centaur come and get me from the toity world in which it is living? Should I be afraid? Will it bring the true contradiction with it? — Bartricks
2. Possible 2: It's possible that God exists. God has to exist in one possible world. Hey!, we've just proved that God exists. — TheMadFool
Yes, that's an argument that Dummo would be impressed by. Whereas I think it's stupid. — Bartricks
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