What are you on — Agent Smith
Too, if light is problematic (circularity), how about Do Re Me Fa So La Ti? — Agent Smith
Spot the fallacy! — Agent Smith
If time is not real, then Agent Smith didn't post the OP before I posted this. Anyone for modus tollens? — Cuthbert
This is a convoluted way to try and prove whether time is real or not. How about starting off with a definition of time and then we can discuss whether or not your definition refers to something real and consistent with observation.Assume R = Time is real
If R is true then there must be a proof (call it ϕ1ϕ1) that R.
The proof ϕ1ϕ1 implies that we can construct a reductio ad absurdum argument (call it ϕcϕc) to prove R.
ϕcϕc assumes the negation of R i.e. ~R = Time is unreal.
If ~R, there can't be contradictions (re definition of contradiction); no contradiction, no ϕcϕc; no ϕcϕc, no ϕ1ϕ1.
Conclusion: Impossible to prove time is real. — Agent Smith
The law of identity.
Panta rhea.
Contradiction. — Agent Smith
Assume R = Time is real
If R is true then there must be a proof (call it ϕ1ϕ1) that R.
The proof ϕ1ϕ1 implies that we can construct a reductio ad absurdum argument (call it ϕcϕc) to prove R.
ϕcϕc assumes the negation of R i.e. ~R = Time is unreal.
If ~R, there can't be contradictions (re definition of contradiction); no contradiction, no ϕcϕc; no ϕcϕc, no ϕ1ϕ1.
Conclusion: Impossible to prove time is real.
4dReplyOptions — Agent Smith
This is a convoluted way to try and prove whether time is real or not. How about starting off with a definition of time and then we can discuss whether or not your definition refers to something real and consistent with observation — Harry Hindu
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. — St. Augustine of Hippo
'Real' is perhaps just epistemological. — universeness
For instance, Kant's view is that a thing in itself causes us to perceive phenomena, and that our cognitive apparatus arranges the matter of sensation in space and time. — Amalac
Hawking radiation suggests time does not stand still inside a black hole and that over an immensity of time, a black hole will evaporate. — universeness
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