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Dennett (1995) and th modal falacy

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:24. November 2011
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“In the "weak form," it is a sound, harmless, and on occasion useful application of elementary logic: if x is a necessary condition for the existence of y, and y…

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Infallible knowledge, the modal fallacy and modal collapse

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. November 2009
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The much mentioned the modal fallacy is not a fallacy (that is, is a valid inference rule) if one accepts an exotic view about modalities and necessities that is logically…

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Language, the modal fallacy and the symbolic representation of a conditional

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. September 2009
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"[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…

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