Postscript - Shamik Dasgupta
... individualism vs algebraic generalism down for a moment. And let us distinguish a property from its causal role. The causal role of a property P might be defined by taking the laws governing it, conjoining them to form a statement T(P), and then replacing all occurrences of P with a variable, result ...
... individualism vs algebraic generalism down for a moment. And let us distinguish a property from its causal role. The causal role of a property P might be defined by taking the laws governing it, conjoining them to form a statement T(P), and then replacing all occurrences of P with a variable, result ...
the liberalism of karl popper
... excluded by scientific laws. Such an identification would indeed be contrary to Popper’s fallibilism: it would also contradict Popper’s affirmation that “... it is necessary to recognise as one of the principles of any unprejudiced view of politics that everything is possible in human affairs; and m ...
... excluded by scientific laws. Such an identification would indeed be contrary to Popper’s fallibilism: it would also contradict Popper’s affirmation that “... it is necessary to recognise as one of the principles of any unprejudiced view of politics that everything is possible in human affairs; and m ...
On the Distinctions between Semantics and Pragmatics
... In the trichotomy proposed by Morris, syntax, semantics and pragmatics are seen as successively more abstract levels of enquiry. We can now ask what the abstraction is based on. As far as the distinction between syntax and semantics goes the prevailing view is that syntax disregards meaning in favor ...
... In the trichotomy proposed by Morris, syntax, semantics and pragmatics are seen as successively more abstract levels of enquiry. We can now ask what the abstraction is based on. As far as the distinction between syntax and semantics goes the prevailing view is that syntax disregards meaning in favor ...
Scientific Explanation- Causation and Unification
... phenomena can be shown to be fundamentally similar”8. Phenomena in this context means regularities in the nature. Causal concept of explanation is based on Salmon’s definition of causality as causal interaction. Causal interaction is “an intersection of two processes …[in which] both processes are m ...
... phenomena can be shown to be fundamentally similar”8. Phenomena in this context means regularities in the nature. Causal concept of explanation is based on Salmon’s definition of causality as causal interaction. Causal interaction is “an intersection of two processes …[in which] both processes are m ...
RETRANSMITTABILITY AND EMPIRICAL PROPOSITIONS
... theory in conflict with some scientific theory that is well established? Is this theory in conflict with some element of the dominant cultural worldview? If the theory is empirical, we can also ask if it is consistent with observed facts. According to (Bartley, 1984, 114), however, in justificationi ...
... theory in conflict with some scientific theory that is well established? Is this theory in conflict with some element of the dominant cultural worldview? If the theory is empirical, we can also ask if it is consistent with observed facts. According to (Bartley, 1984, 114), however, in justificationi ...
moving beyond unification and modeling: a reconsideration of
... Radically naturalized metaphysics requires the presupposition that the sciences are capable of unification for the metaphysician to be justifiably set to the task of unifying the sciences. This presupposition, however, is not explanatorily significant when combined with scientific hypotheses—indicat ...
... Radically naturalized metaphysics requires the presupposition that the sciences are capable of unification for the metaphysician to be justifiably set to the task of unifying the sciences. This presupposition, however, is not explanatorily significant when combined with scientific hypotheses—indicat ...
Contemporary Ethical Theories and Jurisprudence
... terms? Are ethical sentences judgments capable of being true or false? Are they, like the statements in the field of the natural sciences, confirmed or "disconfirmed" by the evidence obtained from experimentation and observation? These and similar questions which may be asked in ethical theory are q ...
... terms? Are ethical sentences judgments capable of being true or false? Are they, like the statements in the field of the natural sciences, confirmed or "disconfirmed" by the evidence obtained from experimentation and observation? These and similar questions which may be asked in ethical theory are q ...
HISTORY OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE 1. Introduction
... Aristotle, the Stoics, the medievals, Leibniz, Kant, and many more of the logicians and philosophers dealt with in this entry discuss necessity and modal logic. Of particular importance is Leibniz’s account of necessity. A proposition is necessary if it is true in all possible worlds. There are two ...
... Aristotle, the Stoics, the medievals, Leibniz, Kant, and many more of the logicians and philosophers dealt with in this entry discuss necessity and modal logic. Of particular importance is Leibniz’s account of necessity. A proposition is necessary if it is true in all possible worlds. There are two ...
Ethics of terminology
... • Not all phenomena that are commonly considered as signs are interested in their truth. • If the interpretation has some other normative criterion of success than truth (like practical applicability, effectiveness, novelty, ‘beauty’, entertainment value, etc.) or no criterion at all (e.g. ‘wild’ st ...
... • Not all phenomena that are commonly considered as signs are interested in their truth. • If the interpretation has some other normative criterion of success than truth (like practical applicability, effectiveness, novelty, ‘beauty’, entertainment value, etc.) or no criterion at all (e.g. ‘wild’ st ...
- ANU Repository
... holistic theories are objectionable because they are not molecular (VII.l). There are three strands in Dummett's notion of molecularity, and I discuss the role of each in rejecting varieties of holism ...
... holistic theories are objectionable because they are not molecular (VII.l). There are three strands in Dummett's notion of molecularity, and I discuss the role of each in rejecting varieties of holism ...
- Philsci
... could be further from the truth. In fact, in connection with every accepted unifying theory - NT, CEM, and the rest - there have always been endlessly many, easily formulated, disunified rival theories very much more empirically successful than the theories that have been accepted. 8 Thus, given NT, ...
... could be further from the truth. In fact, in connection with every accepted unifying theory - NT, CEM, and the rest - there have always been endlessly many, easily formulated, disunified rival theories very much more empirically successful than the theories that have been accepted. 8 Thus, given NT, ...
1 QUINE`S INTERPRETATION PROBLEM AND THE EARLY
... modal notions. Gödel (1933) suggested interpreting the necessity operator M as standing for provability (informal provability or, alternatively, formal provability in a fixed formal system), a suggestion that subsequently led to the modern provability interpretations of Solovay, Boolos and others. A ...
... modal notions. Gödel (1933) suggested interpreting the necessity operator M as standing for provability (informal provability or, alternatively, formal provability in a fixed formal system), a suggestion that subsequently led to the modern provability interpretations of Solovay, Boolos and others. A ...
MEDIAEVAL THOUGHT-EXPERIMENTS: The Metamethodology of
... With regard to Buridan, Clagett writes: “one cannot help but compare Buridan’s impetus with Galileo’s impeto, and Newton’s quantity of motion (momentum).”10 As well as forceful and striking, these claims may seem extravagant. And so they are. The most obvious grounds for skepticism about such claims ...
... With regard to Buridan, Clagett writes: “one cannot help but compare Buridan’s impetus with Galileo’s impeto, and Newton’s quantity of motion (momentum).”10 As well as forceful and striking, these claims may seem extravagant. And so they are. The most obvious grounds for skepticism about such claims ...
Scientific Representation and Empiricist Structuralism: Essay
... Giere. Review of van Fraassen, Scientific Representation. Page 7. Van Fraassen also characterizes phenomena as what we use theories to explain. (97-101) In ordinary scientific discourse, astronomers would say that, in detecting the plume of positrons being ejected from the center of the Milky Way, ...
... Giere. Review of van Fraassen, Scientific Representation. Page 7. Van Fraassen also characterizes phenomena as what we use theories to explain. (97-101) In ordinary scientific discourse, astronomers would say that, in detecting the plume of positrons being ejected from the center of the Milky Way, ...
THE SUBSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE
... substitutional account. In Bolzano what is substituted aren’t linguistic entities but rather what Bolzano called ‘Vorstellung’. This German term is usually translated as ‘idea’. These Vorstellungen are neither linguistic nor psychological entities. So Tarski’s view of Bolzano’s theory may be more ac ...
... substitutional account. In Bolzano what is substituted aren’t linguistic entities but rather what Bolzano called ‘Vorstellung’. This German term is usually translated as ‘idea’. These Vorstellungen are neither linguistic nor psychological entities. So Tarski’s view of Bolzano’s theory may be more ac ...
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... distinction, but because of an adequacy condition on criteria for drawing the distinction.6 A key to understanding (some of) Quine’s skepticism about the a/s distinction is what I shall call the transcendence requirement.7 According to the transcendence requirement, any adequate criterion for a meta ...
... distinction, but because of an adequacy condition on criteria for drawing the distinction.6 A key to understanding (some of) Quine’s skepticism about the a/s distinction is what I shall call the transcendence requirement.7 According to the transcendence requirement, any adequate criterion for a meta ...
Did Tarski Commit "Tarski`s Fallacy"?
... types).3 But in the conclusion to his paper Tarski expanded the context of his inquiry, observing that underlying his "whole [semantic] construction is the division 3Tarskidid not explicitly indicate what logic he had in mind, but a look at his cross references (e.g., the reference to Tarski [53] in ...
... types).3 But in the conclusion to his paper Tarski expanded the context of his inquiry, observing that underlying his "whole [semantic] construction is the division 3Tarskidid not explicitly indicate what logic he had in mind, but a look at his cross references (e.g., the reference to Tarski [53] in ...
MODELS OF POSSIBILISM AND TRIVIALISM
... going to take a formula, but also: – a minimum number of truth values, usually two (true and false), – a maximum number of truth values (again usually two). • A very determinate notion of validity, which presupposes – a very determinate way of separating truth values. In the case of a relational sem ...
... going to take a formula, but also: – a minimum number of truth values, usually two (true and false), – a maximum number of truth values (again usually two). • A very determinate notion of validity, which presupposes – a very determinate way of separating truth values. In the case of a relational sem ...
Mark and Lack: On Zero
... concerning which it is possible to 'decide' in advance, through an actual procedure, that they are neither derivable nor refutable. The converse, however, is not true: an important meta-mathematical theorem ties the undecidability results (Church) to the incompleteness results (Gödel). If a (suffici ...
... concerning which it is possible to 'decide' in advance, through an actual procedure, that they are neither derivable nor refutable. The converse, however, is not true: an important meta-mathematical theorem ties the undecidability results (Church) to the incompleteness results (Gödel). If a (suffici ...
Social Theory
... Cimmerian darkness.” (CP 5.1, note). But the definition contains the flare of Peirce´s matured thoughts on pragmatism. His version of pragmatism, he now said, was a consequence of logic. It had little to do with more vulgar pragmatist thought advocating that only such thought that had useful consequ ...
... Cimmerian darkness.” (CP 5.1, note). But the definition contains the flare of Peirce´s matured thoughts on pragmatism. His version of pragmatism, he now said, was a consequence of logic. It had little to do with more vulgar pragmatist thought advocating that only such thought that had useful consequ ...
Chapter 5, Meaning
... roundabout and unreliable way of trying to find out what they meant. (3) applies to a few special cases; it is the correct explanation of how many technical words enter our vocabulary, but definition presupposes a supply of words that enter our vocabulary without being formally defined, so it is at ...
... roundabout and unreliable way of trying to find out what they meant. (3) applies to a few special cases; it is the correct explanation of how many technical words enter our vocabulary, but definition presupposes a supply of words that enter our vocabulary without being formally defined, so it is at ...
The Futility of any Anti-Metaphysical Position
... assertions which can either be true or false, while in actual fact his propositions are simply meaningless. Carnap further states that the metaphysician is not different from the poet. The only difference is that while the metaphysician deals with theory and tries to reduce the whole of reality to h ...
... assertions which can either be true or false, while in actual fact his propositions are simply meaningless. Carnap further states that the metaphysician is not different from the poet. The only difference is that while the metaphysician deals with theory and tries to reduce the whole of reality to h ...
The cognitive and the social - Christophe Heintz
... principles”? It seems that mental logic is a kind of ladder which gives access to the objective realm of logic. In that case the truth is already there; mathematicians describe it and psychologists describe how and why the description is possible. Macnamara, however, explains the human possibility ...
... principles”? It seems that mental logic is a kind of ladder which gives access to the objective realm of logic. In that case the truth is already there; mathematicians describe it and psychologists describe how and why the description is possible. Macnamara, however, explains the human possibility ...
saying and showing the good
... propositions are given]! That all elementary propositions are given is shown by there being none having an elementary sense which is not given…” And he added: “I’m afraid you haven’t really got hold of my main contention, to which the whole business of logical prop[osition]s is only a corollary. The ...
... propositions are given]! That all elementary propositions are given is shown by there being none having an elementary sense which is not given…” And he added: “I’m afraid you haven’t really got hold of my main contention, to which the whole business of logical prop[osition]s is only a corollary. The ...