Implying a category error
It sometimes happens that one is analyzing some theory and one discovers that the theory in some sense implies something meaningless. But that doesn’t make sense when we think about…
Oscar Wilde – Intentions
In case someone wants to read this book, I have reformatted it to a neat PDF version. It can be found in the download section and here.
Sound arguments and rationally convincing arguments
I've read many times and places that an argument is sound iff 1. The argument is valid. 2. All the premises of the argument are true. [1] Let's call this…
Stone-paradox – revised and explained
I posted this text a long time ago in Danish and I translated it and used it on the forum. I think I forgot to post the English version here…
XKCD’s NP-Complete
Opening paragraph: "I was reading XKCD along with a friend and we came across a comic. He wanted to continue reading but I wanted to solve it! [...]" Extensive mathematical…
Induction and a probability formula
I thought about how induction relates to the probability of something, and I came up with this formula. Induction is here taken as repeated confirming observations of some theory or…
Some different deterministic theses
Determinism is a fairly broad thesis, and some formulations of it does not "work" with Swartz's regularity theory. Below I have outlined some different deterministic theses. Minimal Causal Determinism (MCD):…
Worldviews and mistaken beliefs, a paradox
Here's a little paradox that I've come across while thinking. It's about worldviews and knowing that at least one thing I currently believe to be true is actually false. The…
Meaning, propositions, category errors
I quote Swartz: "What sort of thing is my pen's being on my desk? We are inclined to say such things as "My pen's being on my desk is true,"…
Modal logic formalization, multiple kinds of possibilities
Formatting requires a PDF file. modal-logic-formalization
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