(P) You like X for X’s Q. (1) -> You [only] like X for X’s Q, and no other property Z of X interests you. (2) -> It is possible that you like X for X’s Q. (3) -> It is possible that you [only] like X for X’s Q ” (2) and (3) are [...]
A weedy florilegium
Philosophy —
Philosophy in general.
Category Archives: Philosophy
(M)athematics$1us(i)c$2ence
First Act Primitive Man (Points ostensibly to a mundane stone situated before him.) One! Primitive Man (Again.) One! Primitive Man (Again; followed by extended sigh.) One! … Primitive Man He begins to sulk and wail as if the act were a kind of superstitious ritual. He begins to dance, cajoled by the stone’s physical presence. [...]
On spectre and parole (basic thoughts)
Language as representation and language as function: repeatedly we run against these walls. A conceptual antagonism exists between these two definitions of language, as has been demonstrated in discourse philosophic, theologic, scientific, politics, etc. For my mind, and perhaps to my detriment as a Student of philosophy, I am constantly reeled in by Wittgenstein’s most [...]
Method
Avert [philosophical] confusion! describing circumstances in which a seemingly problematic expression might actually be used in everyday life, comparing our use of words with imaginary language games, imagining fictitious natural history, and explaining psychologically the temptation to use a certain expression inappropriately “Meaning is use” It is quite clear that here Wittgenstein is not offering [...]
Constantly lively
“Life means for us constantly to transform into light and flame all that we are and meet with.” – Nietzsche, The Joyful Wisdom
return anon
var foo = (function() { var bar = 2; function baz() { bar = bar+8; return bar; } return (function(a) { bar = a()+4; return bar; })(baz); })(); console.log(foo);
Two senses of “meta”
The claim that empirical sciences like physics provides knowledge of ultimate reality is often said to be “metaphysical” in some sense. Such a description seems to obscure more than clarify the topic. The Absolute subsists eternally The above is customarily described as a metaphysical proposition — a pseudo-proposition, under my personal view, but nevertheless we [...]
The Indispensablility Argument for Mathematical Realism
Why Indispensability is Not an Argument for Mathematical Realism (pdf) The Argument 1. We ought to have ontological commitment to all and only those entities that are indispensable to our best scientific theories. 2. Mathematical objects are indispensable to our best scientific theories. Therefore, 3. We ought to have ontological commitment to mathematical entities. Vomit. [...]
(anon(anon){})((anon(){})())
var anon = (function(a, b) { return a*b; })(10, (function(a) { return a+a; })(1000)); console.log( anon );
Ab esse ad posse valet illatio
By ab esse ad posse valet illatio: If [God exists] and [Evil exists] are both true, then it is possible that [G] and [E] are both true. If [God exists (and) Evil exists] is true, then it is possible that [G (and) E] is true. If [G (and) E] is true, then [G] is true. [...]