The dispositional account of belief and an infinite number of beliefs
Quote from The Web of Belief “Rather, believing is a disposition that can linger latent and unobserved. It is a disposition to respond in certain ways when the appropriate issue…
“But you don't know that you know that!”
Fast: “We need to keep in mind that "I know that I know" is ambiguous between 1) I am certain and 2) I have knowledge that I know. The latter…
Induction, deduction and the lack of justification
It has been thought for many years (especially since Hume's first Enquiry1) that induction lacks a justification. This justification for induction, it has been thought for long, is necessarily if…
Human rationality
Induction and deduction are foundational to human rationality because it is impossible for a human to stop using them. Indeed what it means to be humanly rational is that one…
Book available: The Web of Belief
I found the text on the internet and I have created this fine PDF version. W. V. Quine, J. S. Ullian - The Web of Belief
Valid arguments, contingent truths & forms
n Proposition Symbol Explanation 1 Peter is gay. P1 Premise 2 Peter is male. Q From 1 Valid? Perhaps. A truth table with show: P Q ¬Q P∧¬Q T T…
Complete arguments
A complete argument is as argument that is stated or presented such that: 1. One can see all the propositions in the argument. 2. All the propositions in the argument…
Validity and necessary truths
Validity is defined in a couple of ways. I like to define it like this: An argument is valid iff the superconjunction1 of all the premises and the negation of…
Truth tables and necessary truths
In the essay Validity and necessary truths I used truth tables with necessary truths and impossibilities in it. I did it like this: P □Q P→□Q T T T F…
Quote of the day: Jake "Leaf" Greenleaf
Concerning a formal debate with a theist: "I'm not telling the theist how to affirm, I'm saying how to present it. A numbered list of premises, inferences and a conclusion…
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