Re: Pragmaticism and puritanism

Posted by gepr on
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Ha! Yes, consistent *enough*, anyway! >8^D I'd prefer a story that was more consistent, but I'll settle for a little bit consistent.

On 3/11/20 10:51 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
> Reminds me of a conversation I had with the Chair of the Philosophy Department at Carnegie Mellon.  I told him that Bertrand Russell fell off his bicycle when he realized that Anselm's proof of the existence of God is valid.  Wilfried Sieg (a German) looked concerned but after a few moments he said with relief,  "Ah, valid but not sound!"  Is that consistent with what you said?

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