I just received an email informing me that The Police have added a second show at Jones Beach... uh... I'm sorry, I meant Nikon at Jones Beach Theater for August. Hasn't this "reunion tour" nonsense gone on long enough? Shouldn't Stewart Copeland have kicked Sting's aged ass by now?
And the worst part is that Elvis Costello is the opening act. I'm still an Elvis fan, but you know that this will mean an encore "Tea in the Sahara" duet. Barf.
At least Sammy Hagar is not in sight (yet?).
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I am actually trying to get tickets for this. Not this exact show but at PNC Arts Center.
Long Island is for jerks!
I'm gonna through up.
Bones: Long island is for Billy Joel.
Did you see the Police last time? We they any good? Is Sting going to die soon?
Anon: Excellent. Vomit for Justice.
I didn't go the last show. PBK and Amy went. They said it was really good.
Sting is absolutely going to die soon. That is why I would like to attend his "Farwell To Earth" show.
-If you live on Long Island, You are a jerk
-Billy Joel lives on Long Island
-Therefore Billy Joel is a talentless hack
Seeing the Police is a huge risk-- if they suck, it'll ruin them for me. I'd rather just not go than run the risk. And I hate Sting. I hate Bono more, though.
Re your argument:
-If you live on Long Island, You are a jerk
-Billy Joel lives on Long Island
-Therefore Billy Joel is a talentless hack
The premises are true, and the conclusion is true, but the inference form the premises to the conclusion is invalid (viz., not truth-preserving). So the argument is invalid (and thus unsound). A way to make it valid (and sound) would be to change the conclusion to "Therefore Billy Joel is a jerk."
but, as old Aristotle taught us, one does not need a demonstration of that which is self-evident...
Aristotle teachings via Spiros = Educational Justice.
Aristotle = hardcore. And he was into pony play.....
ok how about this
All people named Billy Joel are talentless hacks
Billy Joel is named Billy Joel
Therefore Billy Joel is a talentless hack
Bones:
A lot turns on what you think the right analysis of proper names is. And we must not lose sight of the use/mention distinction. To wit:
Your first premise should run:
All people named 'Billy Joel' are talentless hacks. [Note the inverted commas, indicating that you're talking about the *name*, not the thing the name refers to (if, indeed names refer at all...)]
The the second premise should say:
Billy Joel is named 'Billy Joel'
And the conclusion is then ok:
Therefore Billy Joel is a talentless hack
Well done!
I see what you mean. See now if my english teacher in high school only taught with examples like this, then I may have retained more.
I just had to look for that key on the keyboard.
Compare:
The cat is on the mat.
'Cat' has three letters.
in the first sentence the cat is refering to the animal
in the second `cat` is refering to the word
Right. But note that:
"Cat has three letters" makes no sense (unless you imagine the inverted commas).
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