Erwin Schrödinger’s Birthday

[unixken]

...as expressed in an infamous comment by a former U.S. President, on "what the meaning of 'is,' is."

If that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is', is that that is 'not is' that that is not 'is'?

[rondo]

I think you are all missing the point: the OP is talking about Schrodinger's boxers not his cat... so, until someone actually looks, the OP may or may not be wearing Schrodinger's boxers...I think...therefore... I am...what I am...oooooh! sparkly keys...
Rondo

[EagleJCS]

the OP may or may not be wearing Schrodinger's boxers...

I hope they were washed first... ewww...

[O'Searcaigh]

If that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is', is that that is 'not is' that that is not 'is'?

Formally (syntactically) yes, whether the meaning of 'is' is an is of attribution (material implication) or is an is of identity (bi-conditional) because “that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is' if and only if that that is 'not is' is that that is not 'is'” -- otherwise known as the “Law of Transposition.” However, informally (semantically) it all depends on what the meanings of all the is’s are and especially if the ‘is not’ is an is not of specific denial or an is not of nothingness and hence semantically open to a fallacy of ambiguity (equivocation). At least that’s my take on it as a student of nothing!

[McElmurry]

Sometimes an is is just an is.

[unixken]

Formally (syntactically) yes, whether the meaning of 'is' is an is of attribution (material implication) or is an is of identity (bi-conditional) because “that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is' if and only if that that is 'not is' is that that is not 'is'” -- otherwise known as the “Law of Transposition.” However, informally (semantically) it all depends on what the meanings of all the is’s are and especially if the ‘is not’ is an is not of specific denial or an is not of nothingness and hence semantically open to a fallacy of ambiguity (equivocation). At least that’s my take on it as a student of nothing!

You SO just reminded me of the "Romans, go home!" scene, from "The Life of Brian". LOL

[ForresterModern]

Might be interesting to know when the cat's birthday is, eh? Don't have to worry about the second date on his tombstone since nobody will ever know until somebody gets up the guts to open the darned box.

[KD Burke]

Cats in boxes....not sure I approve of that!

[sydnie7]

Cats in boxes....not sure I approve of that!

Me neither!



(a belated post, owing to problems uploading photos as threaded in the Tech forum)

[AFS1970]

To paraphrase Groucho Marx: What the cat was doing in my boxers, I'll never know!

And to think all those years, I never knew Groucho was a scientist.