Thank you Mall for the dialogue.
Throughout the debate PRO will take note of every agreed upon proposition as another postulate. PRO will also forfeit if CON is able to demonstrate unsound logic and that either no water is wet or some water is not wet. Every definition given PRO is receptive to change, however, the given postulates PRO is quite confident in deeming true.
Chapter 1 Round One Argument
1.1 Definitions
- A layer is a (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
- An object is a thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
- An object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water is wet.
- Something overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something) is covered.
- Water is a substance (of molecular formula H2O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
1.2 Postulates
1. All water is a thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
2. Every object is an object that has spatially distinct sections of itself.
Explanation. To illustrate, a building has a top section and a lower section of itself. This is applicable to everything; a human has a spatially distinct section of itself - like - their arm, face, leg, and so on.
3. Every object that has spatially differentiated sections of itself is a thing that has different parallel horizontal sections of itself.
Explanation. Similarly as before, this is just a specification that everything is distinct sections that are, essentially, layers. For example: a human is a person who has a top, middle, and lower section of them as an entirety.
4. Everything that has a top layer is a thing that has an overlay.
5. Everything that has layers is a thing that has a top layer.
1.3 Propositions 1-8
Proposition 1.1. ALL WATER IS AN OBJECT.
Proof. Everything that has physical existence but is not alive is an object [Def. 1.2], moreover, all water is a thing that has physical existence but is not alive [Postulate 1.1]; therefore, all water is an object.
Proposition 1.2. EVERY OBJECT IS A THING THAT HAS DIFFERENT PARALLEL HORIZONTAL SECTIONS OF ITSELF.
Proof. Every object that has spatially distinct sections of itself is a thing that has different parallel horizontal sections of itself [Postulate 1.3], moreover, every object is an object that has spatially distinct sections of itself [Postulate 1.2]; therefore, every object is a thing that has different parallel horizontal sections of itself.
Proposition 1.3. EVERY OBJECT IS A THING THAT HAS LAYERS.
Proof. Everything that has different parallel horizontal sections of itself is a thing that has layers [Def 1.1], moreover, every object is a thing that has different parallel horizontal sections of itself [1.2]; therefore, every object is a thing that has layers.
Proposition 1.4. ALL WATER IS A THING THAT HAS LAYERS.
Proof. Every object is a thing that has layers [1.3], moreover, all water is an object [1.1]; therefore, all water is a thing that has layers.
Proposition 1.5. EVERYTHING THAT HAS A TOP LAYER IS A THING THAT HAS A COVERING.
Proof. Everything that has an overlay is a thing that has a covering [Def. 1.4], moreover, everything that has a top layer is a thing that has an overlay [Postulate 1.4]; therefore, everything that has a top layer is a thing that has a covering.
Proposition 1.6 ALL WATER IS A THING THAT HAS A TOP LAYER.
Proof. Everything that has layers is a thing that has a top layer [Postulate 1.5], moreover, all water is a thing that has layers [1.4]; therefore, all water is a thing that has a top layer.
Proposition 1.7. ALL WATER IS A THING THAT HAS A COVERING.
Proof. Everything that has a top layer is a thing that has a covering [1.6], moreover, all water is a thing that has a top layer [1.4]; therefore, all water is a thing that has a covering.
Proposition 1.8. ALL WATER IS WET.
Proof. Everything that has a liquid covering is wet [Def. 1.3], moreover, all water is a thing that has a liquid covering [1.7] [1.2] [Def. 1.5]; therefore, all water is wet.
Remark. It might seem weird to include “liquid” in “all water is a thing that has a liquid covering” since everything else seemed to be a direct quote. However, it has been established that all water is a thing that has a covering [1.7], which is made out of water [1.2], which is a liquid itself [Def. 1.5]; it’s easily intuited that all water is a thing that has a liquid covering.
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