Recent content by zilatel

The counter example shows that IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAS TO BE THE CASE that IF many people discriminate AND gamers are people THEN gamers discriminate. Since there are situations where thats not true (the counter example shows that). If it doesn't ALWAYS hold (it doesnt hold in the counter...

There's two sides to the discussion. One the one hand, theres the more intuitive discussion if you agree with the claim that gamers discriminate. This has to do with human flaws, character, prejudices, etc. On the other hand, theres the logical side of the discussion. Formal logic has...

Sounds like you're trolling. Because the point I was making is really really basic formal logic. The point is, from the premisses (many people discriminate & gamers are people) you CANNOT deduce "gamers discriminate" through formal logic. It's just not a correct deduction, the formal rules do...

It's not his example thats faulty, its yours. I'll show you with a more on-topic example. Consider that all individuals that make up 'people' can be divided into two categories. One is Gamers and one is Non Gamers (lets keep the example easy and assume they are both non-empty and divided...