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Tuesday, 12 March 2013

On the Truth-Functional Account of Indicative Conditionals

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The "if/⊃"-question has an interesting history. It had evidently been considered (in essentials) by the Stoics, and by some mediae...
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Tuesday, 5 February 2013

A Modification to Lewis's Theory of Counterfactuals

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I propose a modification to Lewis's (1973) theory of counterfactuals, which has come to be treated by many as the standard semantics for...
Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Notes on Identity (and the idea of a 'law of metaphysics' concerning it)

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(I) Everything is identical with itself and with no other thing. Consider what results when we try to express (I) in first-order logic: ...
Sunday, 9 December 2012

On the Problems of Reference and Intentionality II

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The following remarks were written when I was wrestling with these problems over an extended period. They might act as a stimulus to someone...
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Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Philosophers' Carnival #144 + Statement of New Direction

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Welcome to the 144th edition of Philosophers' Carnival , the first edition since I took over organizational duties from Richard Yetter ...
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Saturday, 6 October 2012

On the Problems of Reference and Intentionality

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The following remarks were written when I was wrestling with these problems over an extended period. They might act as a stimulus to someon...
Monday, 20 August 2012

On Conceptually Progressive Propositions

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The following remarks were written around 2010 - early 2011, when I was training myself in Wittgenstein's later methods. 1. In some c...