(1) "All knowledge is objective." (2) “All knowledge is subjective.” (3) “Some knowledge is objective.” (4) “Some knowledge is subjective.” For this discussion, I am defending statement (3) “Some knowledge is objective.” Statements (2) "All knowledge is subjective" and statement (3) "Some knowledge is objective" are contradictory, in the sense that they cannot both be true at the same time. Furthermore, if one is true, the other is consequently false, and if one is false, the other is necessarily true. To prove one of these contradictory statements, we can use a logical argument called Reductio Absurdum. This tactic takes the opponent's argument and finds a contradiction in the argument. We first assume that a statement is true. If we can find this contradictory statement, we can prove that it is in fact false. Therefore, his contradictory statement must be
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