Review of and thoughs about “Fooled by Randomness” (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
In general, this book is full of repetitions, and so it can easily get boring to read. The book shud have been 50-100 pages shorter, then it wud have been…
Thoughts about: A very short introduction to quantum theory (John Polkinghorne)
Quantum Theory - A Very Short Introduction I have recently been in some discussions about the interpretation of quantum mechanics and the potential consequences of those interpretations. My chief opponent…
Fallibilism and noncontingent propositions, how to mix?
For years i had been bothered about how to more precisely formulate my ideas about fallibilism and make them consistent with the existence of noncontingent propositions. The question was: if…
On being right and avoiding being wrong
The two goals: 1) having true beliefs, 2) not having false beliefs may seem to be equivalent or something like that, but they in fact result in different optimal strats.…
Phil. of science paper – ‘the’ problem of induction
For phil. of science class. Philosophy of science - assignment 2
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
The web of belief approach: The case with Newton’s physics and relativity
This will not involve many science facts as the discussion is wholly philosophical in nature. This is an epistemological, not scientific essay, it just happens to use some facts of…
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…
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…
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…