Knowledge as a kind of belief… maybe
I was just discussing this over at FreeRatio.org. I made the claim, which seemed intuitively true to me, that knowledge (JTB+) is a kind of belief. This caused some controversy.…
Formal debate: third and last round
Link to the debate Link to the peanet gallery viz. the thread to discuss the debate. Wiploc's Third Post Deleet characterized my argument like this: Quote: 1. God is omnipotent.…
The modal fallacy
This is a translation of my earlier article on the subject. Link. The modal fallacy By Emil Kirkegaard, Deleet.dk This fallacy is rather common among persons who are not well…
Formal debate with Wiploc: Second round
Wiploc's second post I love these debates. My sincere thanks to FRDB, to the moderators, to the peanut gallery, and to Deleet. I completely concede that if, as Deleet suggests,…
Formel debat på FRDB: The logical problem of evil
Jeg deltager i en formel debat på FRDB. URL: http://www.freeratio.org/showthread.php?t=259224 Her er min modstanders første indlæg og mit svar: Wiploc's first post The Logical Problem of Evil: If god exists,…
Quote: Bertrand Russell on the stupid and the intelligent
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ~ Bertrand Russell Source.
Quote: Pyrrhonisme
Tammuz: "Do you think that Pyrrhonian skepticism is warranted?" Antiplastic: "I doubt it." Source.
Problems with definitions
Intro In this very short essay I will argue that certain words cannot be defined by other words, and that certain words cannot be defined by bodylanguage. And if these…