The Myth of Morality and interpretation
Joyce does a rather strange interpretation in The Myth of Morality p. 121. He writes: However, I doubt we even need concede that much. These “conditional reasons” are very shady…
Seneca the younger on suicide, letter 70 and 77
Because of their shortity I will replicate them here. Letter 70: "1. After a long space of time I have seen your beloved Pompeii.[1] I was thus brought again face…
Pyrrho on higher level inductions
I once thought of a bridge scenario. It went like this: There is a bridge. Someone, a man, wants to find out whether it will break down in the future.…
A note about modal collapse
Removed due to lack of quality.
“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…
Some ideas about formalizing questions and answers
Formalization of questions and answers is not a much discussed nor studied topic. Though there is a branch of logic dealing with it, erotetic logics. I admit not to have…
The Myth of Morality and carelessness
I'm currently reading The Myth of Morality by Richard Joyce. In the summery section of chapter three he presents a central argument thus: 1. If x morally ought to Ø,…
Kennethamy on the difference between human and person
Kennethamy "A human being is a biological category, and can be defined by human DNA, it seems to me. The category, person, is not biological, and maybe your teacher is…
Explicating reliability
One may talk of a reliable car. “Reliable” here clearly means a car that has a high success rate of doing what it is supposed to (e.g. getting one where…
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