November 2008 Archives

Quote: Bertrand Russell on the stupid and the intelligent

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:30. November 2008
Post category:Philosophy
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The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ~ Bertrand Russell Source.

Quote: Pyrrhonisme

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:27. November 2008
Post category:Epistemology Humor
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Tammuz: "Do you think that Pyrrhonian skepticism is warranted?" Antiplastic: "I doubt it." Source.

Problems with definitions

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:6. November 2008
Post category:Language
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Intro In this very short essay I will argue that certain words cannot be defined by other words, and that certain words cannot be defined by bodylanguage. And if these…