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“Water cohabitating with a substance” is a perfect definition of hydrophilicity, adding in some science and Latin.

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I love this. So crazy to think that 9 years ago I was Freshman/Sophomore discussing this same question to people. I felt deep within my soul that the proposition 'Water is wet' had to be true, but I could not argue like you did here Jacob. Great job, and thank you for bring back so childhood memories

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Haha, I wrote and presented this to my logic students last year because several of them were insisting that water is not wet. 😂

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I hoped they learned from your teaching, because I sure did. Your post has moved me to write specifically on logic and how to use it. Do you mind if I site this work?

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Of course you can. Other helpful bits: https://stgb.substack.com/p/logic-resources

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Wow! Thank you for the treasure trove. Let my job know I'll be gone for the next couple hours spelunking in the caverns of the most substantial substance "non-substance" 😆

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Fun piece. And it made me happy to see you push back against that kind of sophistry like that.

But I also felt a bit of a sting of shame, as in a a bit of a coincidence, I just today published a post that was less than entirely respectful of both Aristotle and those pin-dancing angels. 😉

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Haha! There’s always time to print a retraction. 😁

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Also: "Appealing to the dictionary should be its own kind of fallacy." ABSOLUTELY.

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Damn skippy.

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Similar arguments can be had about these subjects: "Is a hotdog a sandwich?" and "What constitutes a salad?"

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Definition is everything.

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and yet the definitions are so loosely used colloquially that both terms sandwich and salad cease to mean anything.

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Water is not wet...

Brought to you by the same folks who are still passionately debating whether or not Schrodinger's cat made it out alive. Very enjoyable.

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He definitely did. Or didn’t.

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I'm thankful someone has finally thrown cold water on this inexcusably silly idea.

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This is an exercise you have practiced since you began to talk. Well done Jacob.

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