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>From: weemba@libra.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
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Subject: Re: MUST Philosopy be a Waste of Time?
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Date: 11 Feb 92 21:14:24 GMT
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In article <1992Feb11.190201.20670@psych.toronto.edu>, christo@psych (Christopher Green) writes:
>>This is why I do not accept *anything* said by a philosopher that
>>does not have at least *some* observational basis.

>Poor guy. Then you must not believe in modus ponens, or the law of 
>contradiction. It's astounding that you survive the day. :-)

MP is known to have its failures.  I will post a counterexample, due
to Vann McGee, to sci.philosophy.tech.
-- 
-Matthew P Wiener (weemba@libra.wistar.upenn.edu)


