"So you seem to want to argue that logically contradictory and mutually exclusive statements can both be true. Is that correct? I would love to see you explain that. "
Statements can be logically contradictory and mutually exclusive and can both be true. All birds have feathers ... the bird in the oven does not have feathers. The chicken in the oven is not a mammal or a reptile, it is a bird, a dead one but a bird just the same. Statements are bound in the limitations of language as Croucho Marx said, "Time flies like an arrow, while fruit flies like a banana." A very logical statement, where the contextual meaning does not follow from the first part to the last part. Context is important.
But that is not what I want to argue, since I have already conceded there is such a thing as absolute truth in the ideal sense and in the practical sense.
"No that's not the point at all. In fact he quite clearly states that: "One of us must be wrong, at bare minimum. Maybe we both are. But one thing that we can never say is that we're both right."
That IS his point, since he concludes that you have an obligation to attack others based on his presumption of being right, though he leaves room for plausible deniability, which you are forwarding. It doesn't fly any better than Croucho's fruit though. |
