Classical predicate logic and empty domains
Classical predicate logic and empty domains
Are contradictions meaningful?
Introduction In this essay I answer the question in the title with a very confident “Yes”, I give multiple arguments for this answer. For the purposes of this essay a…
So maybe Kant wasn’t such a nice guy anyway…
http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2010/03/kant-on-killing-bastards-on.html Have a read yourself. Thanks to Ben (blog∧¬blog) for the link.
Pyrrho on “Why are endangered species worth preserving?”
"There are multiple reasons that people give. One is that some people do not think that a world filled only with cattle and pig farms and other such animals, but…
Paper: David Makinson, The paradox of the preface
I found the original paper on the paradox. Enjoy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preface_paradox David Makinson, The paradox of the preface
Pyrrho on the Trolley Problem
"Suppose that there is a trolley that is headed toward five people tied to the tracks ahead. There is no switch, but there is a bridge with you and someone…
Propositions, cross-world identity and truth values
1. There is a thing, x, such that it is a contingent proposition. ∃xCx 2. For any thing, x, if x is a contingent proposition then there is a possible…
Bachelors and essential properties
When explaining the distinction between essential and accidental properties bachelors are often used. The idea of essential properties is this: The distinction between essential versus accidental properties has been characterized…
Quote: (maybe) Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Indeed it is. But I cannot find a source for the quote.…
Even more bad puns
As for the case of the external world, I think we should be realistic about it.
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