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From: cc100jr@gitpyr.UUCP (Joel Rives)
Newsgroups: talk.philosophy.misc
Subject: Re: A and not A
Message-ID: <2282@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 12:48:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: gitpyr.2282
Posted: Wed Sep 24 12:48:16 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 29-Sep-86 00:17:13 EDT
References: <3539@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: cc100jr@gitpyr.UUCP (Joel Rives)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia
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Keywords: heidegger

In article <3539@umcp-cs.UUCP> mark@umcp-cs.UUCP (Mark Weiser) writes:
>A and not A can both be true, in a consistent system, within the definitions
>above, because both A and not A are in fact always present.  There is
>no A without not A (every foreground has its background, else it
>is not present at all).  Therefore in a profound sense EVERY system must
>have both A and not A true, else it has nothing in it at all.
>
>(The above is loosely based on a long association with the thought of Heidegger.

If you find value in this way of thinking then I recommend that you read some
on Taoist philosophy.

-- 
                                               Joel Rives
                                               gatech!gitpyr!cc100jr

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