What does one mean when one denies the truth of ~(p^~p)?
I would guess the person means that this statement is not always true, and thus there exists a p for which this statement is false. Which would mean that there is a p for which p and ~p are simultaneously true.
Of course this doesn’t mean that the person believes that “to be beaten is the same as not to be beaten”, but it’s an amusing quote.
What does one mean when one denies the truth of ~(p^~p)? I would guess the person means that this statement is not always true, and thus there exists a p for which this statement is false. Which would mean that there is a p for which p and ~p are simultaneously true.
Of course this doesn’t mean that the person believes that “to be beaten is the same as not to be beaten”, but it’s an amusing quote.