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- From: solan@smauguio.no (Svein Olav G. Nyberg)
- Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
- Subject: Transcendental argument
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.131533.4158@ulrik.uio.no>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 13:15:33 GMT
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- In answer to D. Spurret
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- You argue that since X, then Y, on the grounds that if
- not Y, then not X. This is called a transcendental
- argument. Thanks. I did not know it had such a fancy
- name, I must admit.
-
- But by you,
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- X is "Judicial system of Middle Ages"
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- Y is "Free Will"
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- X is based on the belief in Y. But cannot the _belief_ in Y
- be, without X necessarily being true?
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- I think you have failed to distinguish between the correctness
- of the mentioned legal system and the belief in it. Thus your
- error.
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- Solan
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