CONTINUED DIALOGUE: His included

FROM HIM:

Thanks for your thoughts, it was just something that came to me one night. Cute syllogism *sarcastic smile* but one could just as well substitute women for men and females for males and something less flattering, but after seeing some men when they have a cold or are sick I can find some truth in your syllogism.

TO HIM FROM ME:

You posed a cool question, however, you laid it out in formula form. Did you know the formula? Your posing of the question brought to memory "philosophical truth formula" to which I made the query as I am rusty in doing it. Here is the link I used to brush up: propositional formula on wiki.

The one thing that I did not note in the formula under number 3 was "Therefore..." Unfortunately, when some men get a cold, they act like whining babies that are dying. This leaves their woman to act as mommy. I would not say that all men are babies, however, I would say: some (or many) men are babies in that regard. "All men" cannot be logically used.

Based on my little program, the answer would come up with a TRUE value despite its false nature.

Men are babies is a false statement. Men are adults and babies are not. Despite the formula pulling a TRUE value, logic dictates it to be a FALSE true.

If saying: some males are babies, the answer would be true. There are male babies born everyday.
If saying: men are males, the answer would be true. The definition of man is an adult human male.
If saying: males are men, the answer could be false. The definition of a man would then be open to subjectivity by the person answering the question. Have you heard the term: He may be a male, but he sure isn't a man.

Thanks for tickling my mind. ~ Oct 14, 2011 9:17 pm