Pyrrho on the Trolley Problem
"Suppose that there is a trolley that is headed toward five people tied to the tracks ahead. There is no switch, but there is a bridge with you and someone…
Propositions, cross-world identity and truth values
1. There is a thing, x, such that it is a contingent proposition. ∃xCx 2. For any thing, x, if x is a contingent proposition then there is a possible…
Bachelors and essential properties
When explaining the distinction between essential and accidental properties bachelors are often used. The idea of essential properties is this: The distinction between essential versus accidental properties has been characterized…
Quote: (maybe) Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Indeed it is. But I cannot find a source for the quote.…
Kennethamy on boring books and learning
piratefish I'm reading Irving Copi's Introduction to Logic, very boring and not that well written, any suggestions? Just a college level book that gives a comprehensive intro to the topic.…
“garbage in, garbage out” (GIGO) and deduction
Some people sometimes mention that deduction conforms to the GIGO principle. I will here show that in a straightforward interpretation of that, it is false. “Garbage in, garbage out” is…
Something about Moore’s ‘paradox’
Wiki. Source. Kennethamy: Well, here is an example: in English we use the terms, "believe" and "know" very differently, from which we can infer that there is a difference between…
Ben Burgis on the Liar paradox and other related paradoxes
Give it a read. It is divided into 4 parts: My Take on the Liar Paradox (Part I of IV) My Take on the Liar Paradox (Part II of IV)…
Karl Popper – “Science: Conjectures and Refutations”
I was kindly sent a PDF version of this essay (same as this one). The text is all there, I think, but the textformat is annoying to read. So, I…
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…
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