Three logicians walk into a bar: a formal explanation
http://spikedmath.com/445.html ----- Let E refer to the propositions expressed by the sentence: “Everyone wants beer” “everyone” refers to the three people on the right. Let's call them “a”, “b”, “c”…
Som mor logic textbooks
Paul Tomassi - Logic Priest, Graham - Logic, A Very Short Introduction Copi introduction to logic
John Nolt – Logics, chp. 11-12
I am taking an advanced logic class this semester. Som of the reading material has been posted in our internal system. I'll post it here so that others may get…
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.…
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…
“Do you still beat your wife?” formalized
Using the formalization system I wrote of earlier, let's take a look at this famous question. First we should note that this is a yes/no question which is different from…
Logical interpretation of subjects, the utterer and the utterance situation
Interpretation I earlier wrote of the logical interpretation of subjects.1 There I suggested, following Russell, that the subject of a descriptive, active, meaningful (DAM) sentence should be interpreted as an…
Negating sentences in english
Abstract I invent and explore a terminology about degrees of sentences, I explore how to negate sentences and sentence parts in english, I distinguish between verbs that can be used…