Book review: Possible Worlds, Norman Swartz, Raymond Bradley, 1979
I could write a long detailed review but it is entirely unneeded. This book is without doubt the most enlightening book that I have ever read about logic, and it…
Download: Philosophical books en masse!
Rapidshare link (updated as of 21. September 2009) Follow the link and download these books I will update this post if I can figure out a way to avoid having…
Article ads: "The Future of Copyright", Rasmus Fleischer; “The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution.", Peter Biddle, Paul England, Marcus Peinado und Bryan Willman
"The Future of Copyright", Rasmus Fleischer Link. A concise and good explanation of the current copyright situation and it's history. CV: "Rasmus Fleischer is a Swedish historian, writer, and musician.…
Being a good intellectual
Can there be given a list of important virtues for any good intellectual? Perhaps I cannot provide a exhaustive one but I can suggest a few. Virtue 1 “You should…
Re: Beliefs and probabilities 2
Opening post. More objections and thoughts. The infinite objection I discovered another objection to the thesis. Infinite regress. The most defendable version of the thesis is (T4) S believes that…
Quote day
I går bestilte jeg en t-shirt med disse citater på ryggen. "Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of our language." -Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations…
Re: Beliefs and probabilities 1
Opening post. My response: I think some clarification is in order. The thesis in question is this: (T1) If S believes that p, then S believes that the probability of…
Assertion and inference rules
Possible Worlds quote: “In the second place, the concept of conjunction can be conveyed without using any sentence connective whatever. One way - indeed one of the commonest of all…
The many ways
So, I am on my way home a Sunday in May and when I get into my apartment I find that my roommate has left his bike helmet on the…
Sidewalk god…
Emil: There is an infinite number of possible Gods. Without evidence every guess is as good as the others or nearly so. The chance of guessing the right God is…
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