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Philosophers ???
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Hi ALL ...
G3VNC recently asked if there are any philosophers about...
I dunno about that but consider this from an engineer ===>>>>
The most famous statement in the field of philosophy is probably:
"I think, therefore I am".
Now consider the following:
"I do not think, therefore I am not" (Simply add a negative to
both sides of the argument).
This raises the question, "In that case, who is making the statement?".
Following on from this, for "I do not think", replace "I am unthinking" -
a valid substitution?
"I am unthinking, therefore I am not".
Going on from here, the general statement surely is that unthinking people
do not exist. BUT - we all know that there are a great many unthinking
people in the world, so we can now derive the following statement:
"I am unthinking, therefore I am".
Once again, after adding a negative to both sides of the arguement we get:
"I THINK, THEREFORE I AM NOT", thus disproving Decartes existance!
I suggest these philosophers try starting from scratch again !!!
73 de Roger, G1LCY @ GB7PLY.