Paul JE Dekker Heraclitean Oppositions
... and, hence, presuppose one another. They exist in their jointly making a distinction. Ludwig Wittgenstein’s pupil George Spencer-Brown once deemed the distinction the root of all cognition. In the next section we show that it at least provides for a logical form according to which a logical space de ...
... and, hence, presuppose one another. They exist in their jointly making a distinction. Ludwig Wittgenstein’s pupil George Spencer-Brown once deemed the distinction the root of all cognition. In the next section we show that it at least provides for a logical form according to which a logical space de ...
- Philsci-Archive
... antirealist with respect to theories. Thus Bohr referred to the state vector or the wave function as a symbolic representation. Usually symbolic language stands in contrast to literal language. Bohr associated the latter form of representation with what can be visualized in space and time. Quantum s ...
... antirealist with respect to theories. Thus Bohr referred to the state vector or the wave function as a symbolic representation. Usually symbolic language stands in contrast to literal language. Bohr associated the latter form of representation with what can be visualized in space and time. Quantum s ...
Popper`s Double Standard of Scientificity in
... shades such as Magee (1985, pp. 43, 44), Notturno (2000, p. 260, who quotes Popper approvingly), repeat the charges of unfalsifiabilty and falsification against Marxism. Another way to debunk Popper’s criticism of Marxism in terms of falsifiability, and put the matter to rest, is to examine his writ ...
... shades such as Magee (1985, pp. 43, 44), Notturno (2000, p. 260, who quotes Popper approvingly), repeat the charges of unfalsifiabilty and falsification against Marxism. Another way to debunk Popper’s criticism of Marxism in terms of falsifiability, and put the matter to rest, is to examine his writ ...
Popper`s Paradoxical Pursuit of Natural Philosophy - Philsci
... were the first to struggle with central problems of natural philosophy in something like their modern form. Their ideas, most notably the idea that there is an underlying unity or invariance in nature, the idea of symmetry, and the idea that nature is made up of atoms in motion in the void, have ha ...
... were the first to struggle with central problems of natural philosophy in something like their modern form. Their ideas, most notably the idea that there is an underlying unity or invariance in nature, the idea of symmetry, and the idea that nature is made up of atoms in motion in the void, have ha ...
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... expect it to be easily refutable by means of formal logic. And yet, several prominent philosophers have claimed just that, namely, that quantifier variance is formally incoherent. Their argument — called the “collapse argument” — runs roughly as follows: if you have two existential quantifiers, then ...
... expect it to be easily refutable by means of formal logic. And yet, several prominent philosophers have claimed just that, namely, that quantifier variance is formally incoherent. Their argument — called the “collapse argument” — runs roughly as follows: if you have two existential quantifiers, then ...
What is Logical Form?
... form in this very general sense, which is connected with an interest in getting clear about the nature of reality through getting clear about the forms of our thoughts or talk about it, with which we will be concerned.1 The conception we will champion dispenses with talk of propositions, reified sen ...
... form in this very general sense, which is connected with an interest in getting clear about the nature of reality through getting clear about the forms of our thoughts or talk about it, with which we will be concerned.1 The conception we will champion dispenses with talk of propositions, reified sen ...
Mura, Can Logical Probability Be Viewed as a Measure of Degrees
... of probability as a measure of partial entailment goes back to Keynes ([1921] 2004) and Carnap ([1950] 1962). I shall distinguish between two senses of this idea and I shall vindicate the idea of probability as partial entailment with respect to one of them, although it appears to be essentially epi ...
... of probability as a measure of partial entailment goes back to Keynes ([1921] 2004) and Carnap ([1950] 1962). I shall distinguish between two senses of this idea and I shall vindicate the idea of probability as partial entailment with respect to one of them, although it appears to be essentially epi ...
Semantics in Philosophy and Computer Science
... From section 2.1 it is clear that a formal definition of the ‘true’ predicate must satisfy the requirement ‘adequate in respect of content’. This fails once a partial definition with the Tarski scheme is not logical determinable. Now, if the ‘true’ predicate is used in such a statement antinomies ca ...
... From section 2.1 it is clear that a formal definition of the ‘true’ predicate must satisfy the requirement ‘adequate in respect of content’. This fails once a partial definition with the Tarski scheme is not logical determinable. Now, if the ‘true’ predicate is used in such a statement antinomies ca ...
Fallacies
... Fallacies: symmetry thesis Consider again the definitions: Def. V: An argument is valid if it is not in any sense possible both that its premises are true and its conclusion false. Def. IV: An argument is invalid if it is in some sense possible both that its premises are true and its conclusion fal ...
... Fallacies: symmetry thesis Consider again the definitions: Def. V: An argument is valid if it is not in any sense possible both that its premises are true and its conclusion false. Def. IV: An argument is invalid if it is in some sense possible both that its premises are true and its conclusion fal ...
Quining Naturalism
... predicates—say, the terms we use in talking about medium sized objects, or in talking about numbers. Carnap thought that adopting such a framework, or way of talking, typically brings with it ontological methods and questions. These are ‘internal’ questions, questions that arise within the framework ...
... predicates—say, the terms we use in talking about medium sized objects, or in talking about numbers. Carnap thought that adopting such a framework, or way of talking, typically brings with it ontological methods and questions. These are ‘internal’ questions, questions that arise within the framework ...
deductive reasoning
... similarities overlapping and criss-crossing: sometimes overall similarities, sometimes similarities of detail. I can think of no better expression to characterize these similarities than ...
... similarities overlapping and criss-crossing: sometimes overall similarities, sometimes similarities of detail. I can think of no better expression to characterize these similarities than ...
1 - David Papineau
... relate to specific branches of science, but structure all our thinking about the natural world. This makes it unlikely that any specific empirical data will ever decide between competing theories of these fundamental categories. Their extreme generality gives them room to account for an openended r ...
... relate to specific branches of science, but structure all our thinking about the natural world. This makes it unlikely that any specific empirical data will ever decide between competing theories of these fundamental categories. Their extreme generality gives them room to account for an openended r ...
Unity and Revolutions: A Paradigm for Paradigms
... knowledge independent of empirical considerations – even, in a sense, as we have seen, in violation of empirical considerations. It is at once clear that the picture of science Kuhn gives us in Structure is very seriously inadequate. But so too are all those other views of science which take what ma ...
... knowledge independent of empirical considerations – even, in a sense, as we have seen, in violation of empirical considerations. It is at once clear that the picture of science Kuhn gives us in Structure is very seriously inadequate. But so too are all those other views of science which take what ma ...
Unity and Revolutions: A Paradigm for Paradigms - Philsci
... The electro-weak theory of Weinberg and Salam partially unifies the electromagnetic and weak forces. The quark theory of Gell-Mann and Zweig brought greater unity to the theory of fundamental particles: a large number of hadrons were reduced to just six quarks. Quantum chromodynamics brought furthe ...
... The electro-weak theory of Weinberg and Salam partially unifies the electromagnetic and weak forces. The quark theory of Gell-Mann and Zweig brought greater unity to the theory of fundamental particles: a large number of hadrons were reduced to just six quarks. Quantum chromodynamics brought furthe ...
FORMAL METHODS AND SCIENCE IN PHILOSOPHY
... alone we try to show how one may reconstruct a bulk of the predicate calculus’ logical truths. In doing so, we are able to unify the notion of analyticity even further: from logical and definitional/conventional categories to just the latter one. ...
... alone we try to show how one may reconstruct a bulk of the predicate calculus’ logical truths. In doing so, we are able to unify the notion of analyticity even further: from logical and definitional/conventional categories to just the latter one. ...
Diapositive 1
... intelligibility and are knowable. These things (beings; reality) are the foundation of the truth that is found in the human mind, when it acquires knowledge of things, first through the senses, then through the understanding and the judgement done by reason. For Aquinas, human intelligence="intus" ( ...
... intelligibility and are knowable. These things (beings; reality) are the foundation of the truth that is found in the human mind, when it acquires knowledge of things, first through the senses, then through the understanding and the judgement done by reason. For Aquinas, human intelligence="intus" ( ...
Polar Concepts Essay Research Paper Sam Vaknin
... There are serious reasons to believe that the origin of most paradoxes is in polar concepts. As such, they are not only empty (useless) ? but positively harmful. This is mostly because tend to regard every pair of polar concepts as both mutually exclusive and mutually exhaustive. In other words, pe ...
... There are serious reasons to believe that the origin of most paradoxes is in polar concepts. As such, they are not only empty (useless) ? but positively harmful. This is mostly because tend to regard every pair of polar concepts as both mutually exclusive and mutually exhaustive. In other words, pe ...
From The Heritage of Logical Positivism,
... Schlick thus avoided moral instrumentalism by embracing a definitional reduction of moral terms to straight-forwardly empirical ones. Schlick's approach to ethics represented the only alternative to moral instrumentalism available to Logical Positivists. But it was an approach most found wanting; i ...
... Schlick thus avoided moral instrumentalism by embracing a definitional reduction of moral terms to straight-forwardly empirical ones. Schlick's approach to ethics represented the only alternative to moral instrumentalism available to Logical Positivists. But it was an approach most found wanting; i ...
Kripke, A Priori Knowledge, Necessity and Contingency
... then you cannot learn about it by observation of the world. This is an old dogma taken as obvious since the modern philosophy period (especially Hume). Kripke will argue that some necessary truths are known a posteriori. 2. If X is a priori, then it is necessary This again seems true, and has been c ...
... then you cannot learn about it by observation of the world. This is an old dogma taken as obvious since the modern philosophy period (especially Hume). Kripke will argue that some necessary truths are known a posteriori. 2. If X is a priori, then it is necessary This again seems true, and has been c ...
Ontological Justification: From Appearance to Reality
... philosophers (first mainly in Australia but now all over the world of analytic philosophy) starting to formulate, once more, theories about reality as it is, independently of how it seems (defending de re universal realism, eternalism with respect to time, real possible worlds, etc (cf. Armstrong, 1 ...
... philosophers (first mainly in Australia but now all over the world of analytic philosophy) starting to formulate, once more, theories about reality as it is, independently of how it seems (defending de re universal realism, eternalism with respect to time, real possible worlds, etc (cf. Armstrong, 1 ...
Rationalism - LabTec-CS
... existence of a priori knowledge, but they do deny the existence of innate ideas. The reason for this is that empiricists consider the mind to be a blank slate. That is, that when we are born our minds are clear of any ideas or impressions. However, as we have seen, a priori knowledge also includes s ...
... existence of a priori knowledge, but they do deny the existence of innate ideas. The reason for this is that empiricists consider the mind to be a blank slate. That is, that when we are born our minds are clear of any ideas or impressions. However, as we have seen, a priori knowledge also includes s ...
Kant on wheels - UChicago Philosophy
... extraordinary density of citation. (The bibliography contains about 600 publications, including 44 by Fuller himself, and the text more than 900 mostly discursive footnotes). The tone is almost unremittingly hostile to Kuhn; in a couple of places it is offensive. For Fuller, the point of studying sc ...
... extraordinary density of citation. (The bibliography contains about 600 publications, including 44 by Fuller himself, and the text more than 900 mostly discursive footnotes). The tone is almost unremittingly hostile to Kuhn; in a couple of places it is offensive. For Fuller, the point of studying sc ...
lecture2-CriticalThinking
... apeiron ('limitless') nature of some kind, from which come the heavens and the kosmos ('world order'). Anaximander advocated the idea of biological evolution with human beings, like other animals, evolved from fish. Anaximander was the author of the first written work of philosophy in ancient Greece ...
... apeiron ('limitless') nature of some kind, from which come the heavens and the kosmos ('world order'). Anaximander advocated the idea of biological evolution with human beings, like other animals, evolved from fish. Anaximander was the author of the first written work of philosophy in ancient Greece ...
Cosmological Certainty
... accepted physical theory (Newtonian theory, classical electrodynamics, general relativity or quantum theory), it will always be possible, in the way indicated, to concoct endlessly many “patchwork quilt” theories that are better, according to (1) to (4). Such theories are, it may be objected, horrib ...
... accepted physical theory (Newtonian theory, classical electrodynamics, general relativity or quantum theory), it will always be possible, in the way indicated, to concoct endlessly many “patchwork quilt” theories that are better, according to (1) to (4). Such theories are, it may be objected, horrib ...