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…
Worth reading: The Streisand Effect
Thanks to TorrentFreak for enlightening me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
Quote from SEP on Pornography and Censorship
Link to article on SEP. Consider the following quote: "The term "pornography" is used in all of these different ways in everyday discourse and debate, as well as in philosophical…
An analogy between webs of belief and evolutionary peaks
If you happen to know about evolutionary peaks, good. If not I will briefly try to explain it though it is best if you know about evolutionary theory. An evolutionary…
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