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Physical impossibility and ought implies can

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:30. August 2009
  • Post category:Ethics
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I was watching The Unbearable Lightness of Being when a scene suddenly made me realize a possible problem with regularity theory of physical laws and the ought implies can principle.…

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The dispositional account of belief and an infinite number of beliefs

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. August 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology
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Quote from The Web of Belief “Rather, believing is a disposition that can linger latent and unobserved. It is a disposition to respond in certain ways when the appropriate issue…

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Quote: Bertrand Russell

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. August 2009
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"Philosophy, throughout its history, has consisted of two parts inharmoniously blended; on the one hand a theory as to the nature of the world, on the other an ethical or…

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Torrentfreak article: "Independent Film Company Responds To BERR Consultation"

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. August 2009
  • Post category:Copyright and filesharing
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Read this great article about copyright, the film industry and the usual stuff.

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“But you don't know that you know that!”

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:26. August 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology/Multilogues
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Fast: “We need to keep in mind that "I know that I know" is ambiguous between 1) I am certain and 2) I have knowledge that I know. The latter…

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Induction, deduction and the lack of justification

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. August 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology
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It has been thought for many years (especially since Hume's first Enquiry1) that induction lacks a justification. This justification for induction, it has been thought for long, is necessarily if…

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Human rationality

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. August 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology
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Induction and deduction are foundational to human rationality because it is impossible for a human to stop using them. Indeed what it means to be humanly rational is that one…

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Book available: The Web of Belief

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:14. August 2009
  • Post category:Philosophy
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I found the text on the internet and I have created this fine PDF version. W. V. Quine, J. S. Ullian - The Web of Belief

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Valid arguments, contingent truths & forms

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:13. August 2009
  • Post category:Logic
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n Proposition Symbol Explanation 1 Peter is gay. P1 Premise 2 Peter is male. Q From 1 Valid? Perhaps. A truth table with show: P Q ¬Q P∧¬Q T T…

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Complete arguments

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:13. August 2009
  • Post category:Logic
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A complete argument is as argument that is stated or presented such that: 1. One can see all the propositions in the argument. 2. All the propositions in the argument…

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