The recent controversy about Hume's Maxim against justified belief in miracles
Contrary to what I normally do I'm not going to argue anything in this article. My goal is to spread useful information, mostly in form of links about Hume's maxim.…
Contrary to what I normally do I'm not going to argue anything in this article. My goal is to spread useful information, mostly in form of links about Hume's maxim.…
As Wikipedia notes,i the term is used in everyday speech to deny a conditional (if-then statement), and it is also used in logic to mean an invalid argument. This together…
Intro I have a couple of thoughts related to discussing things on the internet that I want to share. These thoughts are about active networking, being effective and having the…
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There is often some confusion surrounding the terms: belief, disbelief, agreement and disagreement when used in a philosophical context. We need to keep in mind that normal dictionary definitions are…
A quick explanation of two types of certainty that people tend to confuse. The first is the one we typically mean in natural language. It's called psychological certainty. It's a…
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Inspired by reading of David Hume's Enquiry concerning the principles of Morals (EPM) edited by Tom L. Beauchamp.1 "Hume is often interpreted as arguing that no value judgment--however extreme, obscene,…
Intro and types I've been paying very close attention as of late to a special type of discourse: Namely, about what is possible and what is impossible. This study has…
Contraries If one looks in a general dictionary one will not a find a definition of contrary that is philosophically useful.i I looked the word up in a philosophical dictionary…