Oh, come on, Johannes.

I suspect you know perfectly well what I was getting at, yet you decided to get Clintonian about the definition of what "can" is. That was not the response I waited several months for.

I hope that the ;) at the close indicates that your post was partially in jest and not intended as dispositive.

Disappointedly,

Vicq

Hi Vicq you wrote:

Having that assumption, can you deduce the statement that:

God loves each and every individual human in a way that each of us can directly experience.

You used the word “can” which means “possible”.

Part of deductive logic: Anything that does not entail or involve a contradiction is logically possible.

Anything that entails or involves a contradiction is impossible. For example, a circular square cannot be drawn on paper by anyone. Not even by God. It is an impossible task.

In contrast to drawing a circular square, there is no contradiction in a person directly experiencing God’s love. Hence each and every individual human person can (ie is possible to) directly experience God’s love. Hence your statement has just been deductively proven. But whether or not each individual’s possibility for this experience is actualised is another matter.

Do note that some issues that cannot be deductively proven can still be shown to be probable using either inductive reasoning or else abductive reasoning (ie inference to the best explanation).

;)

Cheers!

Hi Vicq you wrote:

Having that assumption, can you deduce the statement that:

God loves each and every individual human in a way that each of us can directly experience.

You used the word “can”, which means “possible”.

Part of deductive logic: anything that does not entail or involve a contradiction is logically possible.

When something entails or involves a contradiction, such as “drawing on paper a circular square”, it would be logically impossible. It cannot be done.

Since “each of us can directly experience
God’s love” does not entail or involve any contradiction, it is therefore POSSIBLE: each of us CAN (ie is POSSIBLE) to experience God’s love.

Hence deductively proven :D

However, whether an individual’s POSSIBILITY of directly experiencing God’s love is actualised or not is another matter.

Impt note:

Many other things cannot be proven deductive. Nevertheless even though they cannot be deductively proven, they can be argued to be probable using either inductive or abductive reasonings. So for some of your future questions, I may invoke

either
inductive reasoning
or
abductive reasoning (ie inference to the best explanation).

;)

Cheers!

Ok Vicq, I go to the above link now.

Mine too.

ROTFLOL!!! :D This made my day.

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f31f28cf898fbc2e449737ea6b2d794bbcaf5dd26561f13828833995bd861d02.jpg

Whenever you are ready (no hurry!) I think this is exactly where I left off:

https://strangenotions.com/ama-dr-feser-answers/#comment-5569691502

Welcome back Johannes. You'll find I'm still pretty much at the same stand. Take your time by all means.