~(p . ~p) versus Walt Disney

Walt Disney Circa 1946

I sometimes wake with stray thoughts running around inside of what seems to be my head.  I'm not certain why I think the thoughts are inside of my head - they could be running around in my stomach or my left leg, - but I have the definite impression that the elusive fragments are located behind my eyeballs and above my neck. Whatever! This morning the thought that was left over after I achieved that form of semi-consciousness that is generally describes as "awake", was "No thing can both be and not be".

Now, you may or may not recognize that as a partial statement of the principle of non-contradiction. Most of us have at least an implicit acquaintance with this concept. For instance, the wisdom of, "You cannot have your cake and eat it too", is generally recognized and understood. Personally, being of a somewhat obtuse mental confirmation, I prefer a more explicit symbolic notation of the principle,  "~(p . ~p)", which translates to "the negation of the conjunction of p and not-p".  Isn't that clear as mud?

No matter! Tomorrow morning I may well awake with the melody of "When You Wish Upon A Star" running through my tenuous consciousness. In which case I will undoubtedly spring from my bed and pursue whatever momentary passion I have for the day. Of all philosophers, Walt Disney may have been the most influential for my generation. He proved by example that, without question, Reality, or "What Is", includes the "imagination of what Could Be".

Thank you, Walt!