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…
An appeal to skepticism about reasoning
Unaided and aided reasoning Humans reason about many things. Some things are more complex than other things. The more complex a thing is, the more probably it is that one…
Physical impossibility and ought implies can
I was watching The Unbearable Lightness of Being when a scene suddenly made me realize a possible problem with regularity theory of physical laws and the ought implies can principle.…
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…
Quote: Bertrand Russell
"Philosophy, throughout its history, has consisted of two parts inharmoniously blended; on the one hand a theory as to the nature of the world, on the other an ethical or…
Torrentfreak article: "Independent Film Company Responds To BERR Consultation"
Read this great article about copyright, the film industry and the usual stuff.
“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…
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