Kennethamy on boring books and learning
piratefish I'm reading Irving Copi's Introduction to Logic, very boring and not that well written, any suggestions? Just a college level book that gives a comprehensive intro to the topic.…
“garbage in, garbage out” (GIGO) and deduction
Some people sometimes mention that deduction conforms to the GIGO principle. I will here show that in a straightforward interpretation of that, it is false. “Garbage in, garbage out” is…
Something about Moore’s ‘paradox’
Wiki. Source. Kennethamy: Well, here is an example: in English we use the terms, "believe" and "know" very differently, from which we can infer that there is a difference between…
Analysis of top 200 (199) data from the Starcraft 2 European ladder
Two days ago, Blizzard posted some statistical data about the top 200 (really is 199) players in Europe. I did a bit of statistical analysis on that data and made…
Ben Burgis on the Liar paradox and other related paradoxes
Give it a read. It is divided into 4 parts: My Take on the Liar Paradox (Part I of IV) My Take on the Liar Paradox (Part II of IV)…
Re: The future of the music industry
In two articles one can read about the how some people think we should save the music industry. How to save the music industry by Paul McGuinness. U2's manager: how…
Karl Popper – “Science: Conjectures and Refutations”
I was kindly sent a PDF version of this essay (same as this one). The text is all there, I think, but the textformat is annoying to read. So, I…
The web of belief approach: The case with Newton’s physics and relativity
This will not involve many science facts as the discussion is wholly philosophical in nature. This is an epistemological, not scientific essay, it just happens to use some facts of…
What does “begging the question” mean?
Introduction Abstract In this essay I attempt to clarify what it means to say that an argument begs the question. One may think that it is a fairly straightforward matter…