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Everything in the universe is either a potato, or not a potato.

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4 years, 4 months ago

because

9 supporter.

"A or not A" is true.

1 fallacy reported.

Fallacy Of The Beard

4 years, 4 months ago

however

2 supporter.

That is clearly not a continuum fallacy : The continuum fallacy is the argument that two states cannot be considered distinct because between them there exists a continuum of states A and not A are considered to be distinct state here.

8 months, 1 week ago

but

This argument is precisely the law of the excluded middle. It is used in classical logic but is not absolute (like anything in logic maybe). Simplest example: liar paradox. We can't expect all users of logic to follow classical logic.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_excluded_middle

4 years, 4 months ago

because

4 supporter.

This cannot be disproved