On Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 10:17 AM Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> > On 14 Mar 2021, at 17:26, Tomas Pales <litewav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> A square circle is equal to itself, arguably. >> > > No, a square circle is a circle that is not a circle, > > > Obviously, a square circle is a circle. It is a counter-example to the > idea that a square cannot be a circle. It does not exist, but that does not > make it different to itself. Even a Unicorn is equal to itself. > The real problem of the square circle is that we don’t have provides > definition, or we talk about something which cannot exist, so we can’t > really build meaningful proposition about it, without being inconsistent. > I know this isn't a proof of anything, but I found it interesting nonetheless, and thought some might appreciate seeing a "square circle" https://m.facebook.com/ARTPIQ/videos/642129876609181/ Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CA%2BBCJUi5opk02n25EYryNfQYm0qoa_-DTKM6YpgJ1ajug9T%2Bsg%40mail.gmail.com.
