An examination of randomness in Heroes of Newerth
An examination of randomness in Heroes of Newerth ----------- First published June 12, 2010. Revised 30 July, 2010. Introduction In this essay I will examine the different kinds of randomness…
The contagiosity of meaninglessness – formalised for propositional logic
In an earlier essay I mentioned that that meaninglessness is contagious with respect to sentences. One can pretty easily formulate the principle in normal english - if a sentence is…
Sentence theories of truth, meaningless sentences and untrue sentences
By sentence theory I just mean a theory of truth carriers that implies that some sentences are true or some are false. Not necessarily a monist sentence theory (=theory that…
Less activity
This is not because I am not actively writing anything. It is because I am working on a very large (for me) project - a reform proposal to the danish…
A dissimilarity between “believe” and “know”
I noticed a small dissimilarity between the two words. As I have pointed out numerous times in the past, the phrase “I don't believe that p” is ambiguous between belief…
Fallacy of All objections defeated
This is a common yet relatively unknown fallacy. The typical situation is this: Someone is defending some view or theory. That someone acknowledges the existence of a number of objections…
Link: Why Norwegian is the easiest language for English speakers to learn
http://www.pagef30.com/2008/08/why-norwegian-is-easiest-language-for.html Actually a very good read.
Thoughts and speculations about webs of belief
“Web(s) of belief” ≡ “web” “Object(s) of belief” ≡ “oob” The justification of the web of belief A web is more or less justified. The justification of a web is…
Monist sentence theory and modal truths
1. For all things, that it is a truth carrier logically implies that it is a sentence. 2. There exists a thing such that it is a truth carrier and…