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Saturday, May 03, 2008

Boole on Identity, Noncontradiction, and Excluded Middle

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As the principles of identity and excluded middle...are true principles and are moreover either first principles or as consciousness inform...
Friday, May 02, 2008

A Poem Draft

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Half Asleep in a Thunderstorm I lie in bed at night, a fan above my head; my mind whirls round and round and I dream that I am dead. The dar...

Dark Satanic Mills

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Mark Shea notes the oddity of the hymn "Jerusalem", and of its popularity. The hymn was fashioned from a poem in the preface to Wi...

Decisive Voting and Oxfam Alternatives

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Harry Brighouse has some arguments that there is no strict obligation to vote. There are a few points in the post I agree with (e.g., I don...

Feast of St. Athanasius

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Who, then, is this Christ and how great is He, Who by His Name and presence overshadows and confounds all things on every side, Who alone is...
Thursday, May 01, 2008

Indicative Conditionals and Material Conditionals

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A nice little argument worth thinking about. The following is a valid inference. (p → q) & (r → s), therefore (p → s) v (r → q) But give...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Malebranche on Mathematics

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In a recent discussion of the philosophy of mathematics at "n-Category Cafe", Malebranche shows up in the comments , in the form o...
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