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How is it cynical to demonstrate that a specific claim -- put across with unreasonable certitude -- is in fact flatly false? Let me ask you: is De Morgan's the
by jeffmcmahan 8y ago
How is it cynical to demonstrate that a specific claim -- put across with unreasonable certitude -- is in fact flatly false?
Let me ask you: is De Morgan's theorem political? Directly? Indirectly?
- pas 8y agoWould it benefit some group more than the other? Then it has political consequences. Logic seems fairly apolitical, but logicians rarely. Thus it's pretty reasonable to think of circumstances where simply stating a fact turns out to be political.
- jeffmcmahan 8y ago"Would [De Morgan's theorem] benefit some group more than the other?" Your actual publicly adopted opinion reads like a joke.