Quote: Paul Ziff
[Discussing the type/token distinction or ambiguity] "I shall not in general try to eliminate these ambiguities by explicitly stating which sense is intended. Sometimes both senses are intended, sometimes not.…
Negating sentences in english
Abstract I invent and explore a terminology about degrees of sentences, I explore how to negate sentences and sentence parts in english, I distinguish between verbs that can be used…
Frege and anti-semitism
I was recently made aware of an odd fact. Modern logic's inventor, Frege, was not as adorable as many people perhaps think he was. Quoting IEP: Although he was a…
Quote: Albert Einstein
"Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it." Jotted (in German) on the margins of…
New page: Constructing truth tables – Filling in the wff's
I wrote a small guide about how to use truth tables to evaluate wff's. I explained two methods to do this. Page: Constructing truth tables - Filling in the wff's…
The current king of France, propositions, sentences, and missing subjects
Consider this set of propositions: P1. The sentence “The current king of France is bald.” expresses a proposition. P2. The sentence “The current king of France is not bald.” expresses…
Language, the modal fallacy and the symbolic representation of a conditional
"[W]hat follows from a true premiss must be true" (The Problems of Philosophy, p. 60, link) Wrote Russell as an example of a principle of logic that is more self-evident…
The Present Progressive and “to see” etc.
In Longman's texts Talking about the present, and Talking about the Past it is claimed that some verbs cannot be used in the present and past progressive. But they can.…
The Present Progressive and time
What is the present progressive? It is a sentence form. Longman Dictionary of Comtemporary English explains it like this: “You make the present progressive by using a form of the…
Moron of the day: Jacqui Dean
Wikipedia on Jacqui Dean. "Jacqueline Isobel (Jacqui) Dean (born 13 May 1957 in Palmerston North) is a New Zealand politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Waitaki electorate."…
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