Logic and Sex Crimes
Intuitionistic logic has doubts about the law of the excluded middle. This is a note to myself to investigate further what those doubts might consist in.
Ludwig Wittgenstein:
We must get clear what inferring really consists in: We shall perhaps say it consists in the transition from one assertion to another. But does this mean that inferring is something that takes place when we are making a transition from one assertion to another, and so before the second one is uttered--or that inferring consists in making the one assertion follow upon the other, that is, e.g., in uttering it after the other? Misled by the special use of the verb 'infer' we readily imagine that inferring is a peculiar acivity, a process in the medium of the understanding, as it were a brewing of the vapour out of which the deduction arises. But let's look at what happens here.--There is a transistion from one proposition to another via other propositions, that is, a chaince of inferences; but we don't need to talk about this; for it presupposes another kind of transition, namely that from one link of the chain to the next. Now a process of forming the transition may occur between the links. There is nothing occult about this process; it is a derivation of one sentence from another according to a rule; a comparison of both with some paradigm or other, which represents the schema of the transition; or something of the kind. This may go on on paper, orally, or 'in the head.'--The conclusion may however also be drawn in such a way that the one proposition is uttered after the other, without any such process; or the process my consist merely in our saying "Therefore" or "It follows from this," or something of the kind. We call it a "conclusion" when the inferred proposition can in fact be derived from the premise. (Note 6, Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, Blackwell 1964)
E.L. Borgnine:
Perhaps the strangest of all sexual predators is the Xenophage, the eater of the other. He may be any category of the Groth typology, but is most often closely correlated with the Power-Assertive or Anger-Retaliatory type. The Xenophage rapes out of some sort of compulsion to put himself in a specific relation to the other. This is motivated by some strong emotion, usually either hatred or fear of women, and is usually kept in check through an elaborate system of ritual behavior not unlike those symptoms exhibited in severe cases of Obsessive/Compulsive disorder. As such, the rarest form of Xenophage is the opportunistic Groth type.
The Xenophage's behavior may or may not be necrophiliac. There is, in fact, a slight negative correlation between necrophilia and the behaviors that would indicate Xenophagia. Usually, the Xenophage rapes his victim while she lives and begins the process of consuming her body while still performing the sex act. The Xenophage will bite and gnaw on a victims body during intercourse, and may become unable to continue performing the act if the victim does not react strongly enough to these attacks.
It should be noted that most Xenophages will not actually kill a victim, but will instead seek to consume as much off his or her flesh as the Xenophage deems possible without endangering the victims life. Usually this is the result of a return to rationality at the end of the act, where the Xenophage has reached climax and become aware of the horrific nature of the crime he has committed. He may assist the victim in getting medical attention at this point, acting on the belief that it may mediate any punishment he might receive if caught. Note that this is a primarily selfish act, although power-reassurance xenophages have in the past been apprehended in the emergency rooms of hospitals while waiting for word on the status of their victims. These individuals may act out of a genuine horror at their own behavior."
The Poetics of Aggravated Sexual Assault: Rape, Sexual Mutilation, and Sex/Murder as The Last Art of the 20th Century (SUNY Press, 2001)
Ludwig Wittgenstein:
We must get clear what inferring really consists in: We shall perhaps say it consists in the transition from one assertion to another. But does this mean that inferring is something that takes place when we are making a transition from one assertion to another, and so before the second one is uttered--or that inferring consists in making the one assertion follow upon the other, that is, e.g., in uttering it after the other? Misled by the special use of the verb 'infer' we readily imagine that inferring is a peculiar acivity, a process in the medium of the understanding, as it were a brewing of the vapour out of which the deduction arises. But let's look at what happens here.--There is a transistion from one proposition to another via other propositions, that is, a chaince of inferences; but we don't need to talk about this; for it presupposes another kind of transition, namely that from one link of the chain to the next. Now a process of forming the transition may occur between the links. There is nothing occult about this process; it is a derivation of one sentence from another according to a rule; a comparison of both with some paradigm or other, which represents the schema of the transition; or something of the kind. This may go on on paper, orally, or 'in the head.'--The conclusion may however also be drawn in such a way that the one proposition is uttered after the other, without any such process; or the process my consist merely in our saying "Therefore" or "It follows from this," or something of the kind. We call it a "conclusion" when the inferred proposition can in fact be derived from the premise. (Note 6, Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, Blackwell 1964)
E.L. Borgnine:
Perhaps the strangest of all sexual predators is the Xenophage, the eater of the other. He may be any category of the Groth typology, but is most often closely correlated with the Power-Assertive or Anger-Retaliatory type. The Xenophage rapes out of some sort of compulsion to put himself in a specific relation to the other. This is motivated by some strong emotion, usually either hatred or fear of women, and is usually kept in check through an elaborate system of ritual behavior not unlike those symptoms exhibited in severe cases of Obsessive/Compulsive disorder. As such, the rarest form of Xenophage is the opportunistic Groth type.
The Xenophage's behavior may or may not be necrophiliac. There is, in fact, a slight negative correlation between necrophilia and the behaviors that would indicate Xenophagia. Usually, the Xenophage rapes his victim while she lives and begins the process of consuming her body while still performing the sex act. The Xenophage will bite and gnaw on a victims body during intercourse, and may become unable to continue performing the act if the victim does not react strongly enough to these attacks.
It should be noted that most Xenophages will not actually kill a victim, but will instead seek to consume as much off his or her flesh as the Xenophage deems possible without endangering the victims life. Usually this is the result of a return to rationality at the end of the act, where the Xenophage has reached climax and become aware of the horrific nature of the crime he has committed. He may assist the victim in getting medical attention at this point, acting on the belief that it may mediate any punishment he might receive if caught. Note that this is a primarily selfish act, although power-reassurance xenophages have in the past been apprehended in the emergency rooms of hospitals while waiting for word on the status of their victims. These individuals may act out of a genuine horror at their own behavior."
The Poetics of Aggravated Sexual Assault: Rape, Sexual Mutilation, and Sex/Murder as The Last Art of the 20th Century (SUNY Press, 2001)