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Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals?

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Date 2023-05-28 15:39 -0700
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Subject Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals?
From Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca>

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On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 4:57:23 PM UTC-4, Mild Shock wrote:

> > Dan Christensen schrieb am Sonntag, 28. Mai 2023 um 21:01:54 UTC+2: 
> > > On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 11:39:07 AM UTC-4, Mild Shock wrote: 
> > > 
> > > > Dan Christensen schrieb am Samstag, 27. Mai 2023 um 21:04:05 UTC+2: 
> > > > > What erroneous conclusions might arise from applying material conditionals for logical propositions that are unambiguously either true or false in the present? (Hint: None?) 
> > > 
> > > > The Generalized Drinker Paradox, like here: 
> > > > 
> > > > ALL(s):[Set(s) => EXIST(x):[x e s => Q(x,s)]] 
> > > > http://www.dcproof.com/STGeneralizedDrinkersThm.htm 
> > > > 
> > > > Its shows that the material implication can be quite challenging. 
> > > "Challenging?" Can you be more specific? Nowhere, for example, is the principle of vacuous truth invoked (the Arbitrary Consequent Rule, Arb Cons: P => (~P => Q)). Likewise the Arbitrary Antecedent Rule (Arb Ant: P => (Q => P)). 

> Material implication is critizised for obeying two laws, 
> because it is seen as (A => B) == (~A v B): 
> 
> Law of noncontradiction (LNC) 
> Formally this is expressed as the tautology ¬(p ∧ ¬p). 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_noncontradiction 
> 
> Law of excluded middle (LEM) 
> precise statement of the law of excluded middle, P ∨ ~P 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_excluded_middle 
> 
[snip]

It would be even more widely criticized if material conditional did NOT obey those widely accepted methods of proof.

Again, you have not answered my question: What erroneous conclusions might arise from applying material conditionals for logical propositions that are unambiguously either true or false in the present?

Dan

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Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-27 12:04 -0700
  Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2023-05-27 13:25 -0700
    Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-27 19:42 -0700
  Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 08:39 -0700
    Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 11:50 -0700
    Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 12:01 -0700
      Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 13:47 -0700
        Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 13:57 -0700
          Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 14:02 -0700
          Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 16:12 -0500
          Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 15:39 -0700
            Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 15:56 -0700
              Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 16:04 -0700
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              Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 16:49 -0700
              Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 16:52 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2023-05-29 02:25 +0200
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2023-05-29 02:31 +0200
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2023-05-29 02:45 +0200
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 17:59 -0700
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                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 18:12 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 18:15 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 18:17 -0700
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                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 21:51 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 22:14 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 22:33 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-28 22:36 -0700
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                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-29 09:27 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-29 09:32 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-29 09:35 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-29 10:03 -0700
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                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-06-01 22:49 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-06-03 04:49 -0700
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          Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-29 07:35 -0700
            Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-29 08:23 -0700
              Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-29 08:30 -0700
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                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2023-05-29 19:56 +0200
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-29 11:40 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2023-05-29 11:43 -0700
                Re: Erroneous conclusions from applying material conditionals? Mild Shock <bursejan@gmail.com> - 2023-05-29 13:32 -0700
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