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Stephen Fry

2011-01-18T21:47:11Z

DadeMurphy:

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'''Stephen Fry''' is a sexy [[England|English]] comedian, actor and writer, born 24 August 1957 (age {{age|1957|8|24}}).

He has published several books and hosts the [[television|TV]] [[comedy]] quiz show ''[[QI]]''. He is perhaps best known for his comedy partnership with [[Hugh Laurie]], with whom he appeared in the popular series ''[[Blackadder]]'' alongside [[Rowan Atkinson]]. He also had a key role as ''Gordon Dietrich'' in the film ''V for Vendetta''.

Fry is a self-confessed [[liberal]], [[atheist]], a well known [[homosexual]] and has [[bipolar disorder]].

== See also ==

*[[Atheism and obesity]]

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User:DadeMurphy

2011-01-06T23:10:03Z

DadeMurphy: Created page with "ZeroCool."

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Tautology

2011-01-06T23:06:22Z

DadeMurphy:

The concept of '''tautology''' has two definitions, one [[philosophy|philosophical]], one [[rhetoric]]al.

''Rhetorical tautology'' <ref>http://www.m-w.com</ref>is defined as "needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word".
An example of a rhetorical tautology would be, for instance, a "godless [[atheist]]", "[[secular]] [[science]]" or a "three-sided [[triangle]]" (as opposed to "all triangles have three sides", which is a definition).

A ''philosophical tautology'' is <ref>http://www.dictionary.com</ref>"a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true", such as “A or not A.”
For example, "This [[candidate]] will win or will not win.”
Another example is "If it [[rain]]s, it will rain."

In formal [[logic]], the philosophical definition takes on a technical precision. Within a logical system such as [[proposition]]al [[calculus]] or [[intuitionistic logic]], a [[mathematical formula|formula]] φ is a tautology if it is its own [[proof]] (written symbolically as <math>\phi \vdash \phi</math>). This is equivalent to saying that φ is true under all truth assignments, or, by [[Gödel's completeness theorem]], that every collection of formulas containing φ is [[sound]].

An example of a rhetorical tautology is presented in Christian YouTube producer [[shockofgod]]'s "challenge to atheists", in which he requests that atheist's give "proof and evidence" that atheism is "accurate and correct"; two prime examples of rhetorical tautologies. 'Proof' and 'evidence' are semantically different only to a negligible degree; whilst 'accurate' and 'correct' are in fact exactly the same.

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