"It is what it is"
Next time you hear someone say this, do me a favor, punch them in the face.
It's OK.
I give you permission.
To anyone who uses this phrase, Aristotle, over 2,000 years ago, developed "formal logic." Its three basic laws are 1) the "law of identity" (a thing is always equal to itself, or A equals A); 2) the "law of contradiction" (if a thing is always identical with itself, it cannot be different from itself, or if A equals A, it can never equal non-A); and 3)the "law of excluded middle" (everything must be either one of two things; when two opposing statements confront one another, both cannot be true or false; the correctness of one implies the incorrectness of its contrary).
These inseparable laws are the axioms of Aristotle's system of thought and are the foundational underpin of everything that is based or grounded in logic.
By saying "it is what it is" are you trying to convince me that the law of identity is true?
Really?
It's OK.
I give you permission.
To anyone who uses this phrase, Aristotle, over 2,000 years ago, developed "formal logic." Its three basic laws are 1) the "law of identity" (a thing is always equal to itself, or A equals A); 2) the "law of contradiction" (if a thing is always identical with itself, it cannot be different from itself, or if A equals A, it can never equal non-A); and 3)the "law of excluded middle" (everything must be either one of two things; when two opposing statements confront one another, both cannot be true or false; the correctness of one implies the incorrectness of its contrary).
These inseparable laws are the axioms of Aristotle's system of thought and are the foundational underpin of everything that is based or grounded in logic.
By saying "it is what it is" are you trying to convince me that the law of identity is true?
Really?
posted by John S. at 3:55 PM
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