2006-10-25 00:34:54 · 5 answers · asked by turbo m 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
What you have written is called a "tautology." It is a valid statement; but it is also analytically useless. A tautolgy is something true by definition.
Either I will die tomorrow, or I will not.
Either I will win the lottery tomorrow, or I will not.
Equivalences are either different or same.
These are all tautologies.
2006-10-25 00:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Things in equivalence may either be the same, different or a combination of both.
For example, you may have 3 items.
Two items are the number 14.
One item is the equation (7+7).
As such you have equivalent things that are both the same and different.
2006-10-25 07:49:00 · answer #2 · answered by Gonzo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things in equivalence are the same at least in some respects but different in other respects. Define equivalence!!!!!!!
2006-10-25 07:42:33 · answer #3 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
equivalent sets have the same number of elements. the elements in either set are different from the other. if both sets contain the same elements, then they are equal.
2006-10-25 07:39:15 · answer #4 · answered by budi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most philosophical questions can be resolved by asking yourself what language game you are playing, and who with.
I think that this is a word game rather than a maths game. And so I agree with the answer above about defining what you mean.
2006-10-25 07:47:38 · answer #5 · answered by Iain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋