The discussion is hosted here, on Philosophy Bites. I’m really looking forward to listening to it!
Tag Archives: logic
Parodies of the ontological argument for the existence of God
Alexander Pruss examines what it would take to create a good parody of the ontological argument. But is it really any more “natural” or plausible to consider “a maximally great being” than “a maximally great island” (or maximally great anything else)? And so what if something is “not in common use”?
What do you think about classical logic?
Martin C Clarke presents his slightly sceptical views about its usefulness and accuracy compared with informal, “real” logic.
Why should we believe formal mathematical proofs?
K Bryan finds philosophical complexity behind the procedures of formal proof, and writes that their power to persuade lies with their reader, not in themselves.
Fuzzy escapes from the liar paradox
Martin C Cooke finds respite from paradox in a fuzzy notion of truth.
Truth and the liar paradox
José Martínez Fernández and Jordi Valor Abad review Hartry Field’s new book, Saving Truth From Paradox. You can find out about the history and nature of the liar paradox here.
Sorensen on Liars, self-reference & infinity
Roy Sorensen briefly explores the history of the liar paradox and examines whether it is a paradox of self-reference or of infinity. Stephen Yablo’s note that self-reference is neither necessary nor sufficient for generating liar-like paradoxes is here, in .pdf form.
Miller on Parmenides, Heraclitus & the law of non-contradiction
Nathan Schneider interviews Patrick Lee Miller about his new book, Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy.
Audio clip: the Principia Mathematica, 100 years on
Short but sweet overview of Russell and Whitehead’s classic and revolutionary account of the derivation of arithmetic from a (formal) logical base.
The interview below, at 5-and-a-half minutes, is just far too short for a book of the depth (and length!) of the Principia Mathematica. Nonetheless, it’s a decent, brisk walk through a couple of the [...]
Huw Price on truth
What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer.
Here, the philosopher Huw Price hopes to use Time to rescue Truth from a cave of darkness (or so he says). His thoughtful lecture is divided into five parts, as below.
Part One
Law with a revised problem of evil
Stephen Law presents an interesting new twist on the problem of evil in Cambridge University Press’ Religious Studies journal, here. In his article, Law tries to show that an all-knowing, all-powerful and all-good creator God is as rationally indefensible as its opposite: an all-evil, all-powerful, [...]
Magee: interview with Quine
The excellent Bryan Magee in conversation with Willard Van Orman Quine.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five