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Why something rather than nothing? An argument for the necessity of a something-world

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. April 2009
  • Post category:Philosophy
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Motivation, reason, the impossible

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:20. April 2009
  • Post category:Philosophy
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Inspired by reading of David Hume's Enquiry concerning the principles of Morals (EPM) edited by Tom L. Beauchamp.1 "Hume is often interpreted as arguing that no value judgment--however extreme, obscene,…

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A journey into possibility land

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:17. April 2009
  • Post category:Uncategorized
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Intro and types I've been paying very close attention as of late to a special type of discourse: Namely, about what is possible and what is impossible. This study has…

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Contraries and contradictories

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. April 2009
  • Post category:Logic
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Contraries If one looks in a general dictionary one will not a find a definition of contrary that is philosophically useful.i I looked the word up in a philosophical dictionary…

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Swartz' "Philosophy as a Blood Sport"

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. April 2009
  • Post category:Metaphilosophy
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Copyright © Norman Swartz 1994 URL http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/swartz/blood_sport.htm This revision: April 9, 1994 Department of Philosophy Simon Fraser University These notes may be freely reproduced, in whole or in part, provided…

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Does a sound LPoE establish that god is impossible?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:7. April 2009
  • Post category:Religion
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I've heard that claim, but do you think it is true? I don't. All LPoEs (Logical Problem of Evil's) can be seen as an inconsistent set of propositions. Here's a…

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