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The current king of France, propositions, sentences, and missing subjects

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. September 2009
  • Post category:Language/Logic
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Consider this set of propositions: P1. The sentence “The current king of France is bald.” expresses a proposition. P2. The sentence “The current king of France is not bald.” expresses…

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Language, the modal fallacy and the symbolic representation of a conditional

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. September 2009
  • Post category:Language
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"[W]hat follows from a true premiss must be true" (The Problems of Philosophy, p. 60, link) Wrote Russell as an example of a principle of logic that is more self-evident…

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The Present Progressive and “to see” etc.

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. September 2009
  • Post category:Language
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In Longman's texts Talking about the present, and Talking about the Past it is claimed that some verbs cannot be used in the present and past progressive. But they can.…

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The Present Progressive and time

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. September 2009
  • Post category:Language
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What is the present progressive? It is a sentence form. Longman Dictionary of Comtemporary English explains it like this: “You make the present progressive by using a form of the…

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Moron of the day: Jacqui Dean

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. September 2009
  • Post category:Humor/Politics
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Wikipedia on Jacqui Dean. "Jacqueline Isobel (Jacqui) Dean (born 13 May 1957 in Palmerston North) is a New Zealand politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Waitaki electorate."…

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Quote: Bertrand Russell, Problems of Philosophy

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. September 2009
  • Post category:Philosophy
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Wikipedia om bogen. "This seems plainly absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities." p. 10. Download: Bertrand Russell - The Problems…

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Using propositions as variables

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:17. September 2009
  • Post category:Logic
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I have encountered the following problem a couple of times. This problem is this: When formalizing something in predicate logic, the predicate uses propositions as variables.1 We may refer to…

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Explicating epistemic possibility

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:17. September 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology
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It is clear that when we use the phrase “It is possible that...” it is not in all cases used to express mere alethic possibility, that is, “It is logically…

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Book review: Possible Worlds, Norman Swartz, Raymond Bradley, 1979

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:14. September 2009
  • Post category:Logic
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I could write a long detailed review but it is entirely unneeded. This book is without doubt the most enlightening book that I have ever read about logic, and it…

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Download: Philosophical books en masse!

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:14. September 2009
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Rapidshare link (updated as of 21. September 2009) Follow the link and download these books I will update this post if I can figure out a way to avoid having…

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