Thursday, 3 September 2015
C.I. Lewis on the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
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C.I. Lewis secured himself from any charge of ‘rationalism’ by arguing, in John Passmore's words, that “ the distinction betwe...
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
One Paradoxical Case of Material Implication?
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In a material implication which includes p and q , if p is true, then q must be true. Statement p implies both q and q ’s truth. ...
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Conditionals and Future Contingents
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Conditionals must be, by their very nature, unsound. They're unsound because they are non-deductive. They express what could be th...
Acceptable Unsound Reasoning
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Despite the problems with unsound reasoning, most of us (or everyone!) who use such reasoning will still require that our unsound...
Monday, 31 August 2015
Some Newish Takes on Mind-Body Dualism
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Quantum mechanics has been used to explain just about everything that's so far unexplainable. Consciousness doesn't escape th...
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