Translating “x believe(s) in y” into “x believes that z”
For some reason some people get these wrong. Phrase Translated phrase “I believe in God” “I believe that God exists” “I do not believe in God” “I do not believe…
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Necessary beings, a different counter-example
"World A: Contains nothing but a single being. World B: Contains nothing but a single being, that is a different being than the one in World A. Do you have…
Quine’s On What There Is
Is it worth reading if you are interested in meaningfulness, contradictions, names and ontological arguments. W.v.O. Quine - On what there is
The phrases “I cannot find …” and “I couldn’t find …” and willful possibility
Examples: 1. I cannot find my socks. / I couldn't find my socks. 2. I cannot find a counter-example to the theory. / I couldn't find a counter-example to the…
The phrase “so-called …” and the correct use of language without knowing the conditions for correct use
Consider the phrase in the title in this paragraph: “each has a thumb, followed in order by four fingers: the index (or forefinger), the middle, the third, and the so-called…
Norman Swartz on the omniword “thing”
From Beyond Experience, p. 157: "The term “ things ” here is meant in a very broad, inclusive sense. On this interpretation, “ things ” will include, of course, the…
“This Here Hand Is My Hand, I Think”
"Participants in a recent psychological study will probably never a look at mannequins – or their own bodies – in quite the same way again. Before the study, they knew…
Similarity between PWS and predicate logic
It seems to me that the formulas: 1. ◊P 2. (∃x)(Fx) and: 3. □P 4. (∀x)(Fx) are quite similar, if we translate the modal propositional ones into PWS. Here is…
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