Philosophy

Towards a logic of questions and answers

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:21. January 2012
Post category:Language
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So, i aktualy roet sum filosofy for a chanj and the analytik kiend. Heer is the paeper i handed in for mie eksam in Filosofikal Lojik. I plan on ekspanding…

Graet reeding about herisy, open-miendednes, eksentrik thinking

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:16. January 2012
Post category:Critical thinking / meta-thinking Metaphilosophy
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I found dhe esae from reeding anodher tekst (very komon praktis): http://soundproofsuite1850.blogspot.com/2007/12/book-review-which-way-western-man.html Dhe abov is aktualy orlsoe worth reeding. It is a book revuew of a book with very unpopular…

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:28. December 2011
Post category:Language
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I was thinking and doing som reserch about one of my kurent projects: Making an English languaj that is syntakialy limited such that it makes posible automatik translation into lojikal…

Languaj and thot

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:19. December 2011
Post category:Language
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Sins the title of my blogs in based on the idea that languaj influenses thots and reversely, it seems apropriate to rite a bit about this. I did som reeding…

Q: I want to get into philosophy, what should I read?

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:9. December 2011
Post category:Philosophy
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This topic coms up so ofen (on /lit/) that i hav decided to rite this post so that i can just link to it and copypasta from it wenever i…

Reeding material: Meta-filosofy, bad thinking and bad languaj

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:24. November 2011
Post category:Language Metaphilosophy
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I hav beleevd for many years that th clarity of one's languaj corelates (both ways) very much with how clearly one thinks, hence th name of my blogs. I hav…

Swartz and Bradley on Janus-faced sentences

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:13. November 2011
Post category:Language Logic
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Exerpt from Possible Worlds. It is a pees of very useful information. --------- Janus-faced sentences The method of possible-worlds testing is not only an invaluable aid towards resolving ambiguity; it…

LessWrong: Intuitions and Philosophy

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:2. November 2011
Post category:Metaphilosophy Psychology
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http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Intuitions_and_Philosophy This is a great series on the role of intuitions in modrn filosofy and how fruitles that aproach is. It is both siens [science] and meta-filosofy. I agree with…

Three logicians walk into a bar: a formal explanation

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:1. November 2011
Post category:Logic
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http://spikedmath.com/445.html ----- Let E refer to the propositions expressed by the sentence: “Everyone wants beer” “everyone” refers to the three people on the right. Let's call them “a”, “b”, “c”…

Comment to Women, Fire, Dangerous things

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:23. October 2011
Post category:Linguistics/language Logic
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Lakoff, p. 148 “Let us consider a simple example of a presupposition. (a) I regret that Harry left. (b) I don't regret that Harry left. (c) Harry left. Normally, the…