No, it's not. It's a Venn diagram, which is what you asked for.Note, it's not drawn in standard form re categorical logic. — TheMadFool
A, B, and C can't all be true, as that entails a contradiction. — Michael
Exactly. How do you solve it? — TheMadFool
You can't deny that a fool is a ''good'' friend. He'll not harm you intentionally. Which means: All fools are friends.
You can't deny that a fool is a ''good'' enemy. He's stupid and in fact, if you're his/her foe, all you'll have to do is wait until he commits a fatal mistake. Which means: All fools are foes.
It's a Venn diagram, which is what you asked for. — andrewk
But you can't reject any of the premises. They are all true — TheMadFool
I don't know why you have suddenly come to believe this. But it's not correct, as Michael points out.Both 1 and 2 contradict the truths of
All fools are friends
All fools are foes — TheMadFool
Any fool is a good friend because a fool will not harm you intentionally: All fools are friends — TheMadFool
Any fool is a ''good'' foe because a fool is easy to defeat: All fools are foes
You've defined "friend" and "foe" in such a way that they aren't exclusive classes — Michael
I haven't done that. Even if I have, the odd nature of a fool being a friend and foe stands out. It is a paradox — TheMadFool
You don't mind if they harm you unintentionally? You would be happy to have as a friend a knife-wielding psychotic that believes he's surrounded by orcs?Any fool is a good friend because a fool will not harm you intentionally — TheMadFool
Really? In the trenches in the Great war, Helmut was Fritz's friend on the German side and Bill was Bob's friend on the British side. Yet Helmut and Fritz were Bill and Bob's foes and vice versa.Friends and foes are exclusive classes: No friends are foes — TheMadFool
There is no paradox — Michael
You don't mind if they harm you unintentionally? — andrewk
Really? In the trenches in the Great war, Helmut was Fritz's friend on the German side and Bill was Bob's friend on the British side. Yet Helmut and Fritz were Bill and Bob's foes and vice versa — andrewk
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