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Yearly Archives: 2009

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Some ideas about formalizing questions and answers

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:31. December 2009
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Formalization of questions and answers is not a much discussed nor studied topic. Though there is a branch of logic dealing with it, erotetic logics. I admit not to have…

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The Myth of Morality and carelessness

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:31. December 2009
  • Post category:Ethics
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I'm currently reading The Myth of Morality by Richard Joyce. In the summery section of chapter three he presents a central argument thus: 1. If x morally ought to Ø,…

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Kennethamy on the difference between human and person

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. December 2009
  • Post category:Philosophy
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Kennethamy "A human being is a biological category, and can be defined by human DNA, it seems to me. The category, person, is not biological, and maybe your teacher is…

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Explicating reliability

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. December 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology
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One may talk of a reliable car. “Reliable” here clearly means a car that has a high success rate of doing what it is supposed to (e.g. getting one where…

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Norman Swartz on realism about abstract objects

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:22. December 2009
  • Post category:Metaphysics
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“Although I generally prefer negative theories – those which posit as few unempirical concepts* as possible – my own leanings in this particular case are toward Realism. My attraction to…

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ACB on appealing to authority and a minimum level of understanding

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:22. December 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology
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ACB: This is an interesting point. Is there a minimum level of understanding that someone must have in order to derive justification from an authority? For example, if you are…

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Careful with that equivocation, Eugene!

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. December 2009
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ACB: 1. S knows that every statement in his geography textbook is correct. (His well-qualified geography teacher has told him: "I have checked this book carefully, and everything in it…

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Identity and personal identity

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:13. December 2009
  • Post category:Metaphysics
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Some people think that the identity notion is captured by the second proposal above. I think we need two notions of identity. I will not discuss that now. Strict identity…

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An argument against traditional monotheism

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. December 2009
  • Post category:Religion
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Merely a translation of the danish version here. Translation keys Domains D:x = things D:y = things D:t = moments One variable predicates Ex = x exists At = the…

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Interpretation of “always”

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:10. December 2009
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Sometimes it is clear that “always” should be interpreted as various temporal logics suggest. Other times it should not be interpreted as anything that has to do with time. Consider…

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