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One-placed intersection operator
What is the meaning of a formulation like: "A iff ∩A ⊆p"
A is a set of propositions, p is a specific proposition, and the whole formulation is explicated as "There is no possible world where all ...
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What are the dialetheist semantics for logical negation?
This question is in a sense a follow-up, or elaboration, of the question "What are the motivations for Dialetheism?". Reflecting on the way I phrased that question, and the way I remarked on answers, ...
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What is the difference between a fictional concept and an abstract concept?
In another question, a commenter noted that karma and rebirth are fictional concepts. Is there a difference between a fictional concept and an abstract one? Can something be both? Conversely, does an ...
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What did Kierkegaard consider to be “reflection”?
After mentioning Kierkegaard's leveling and mathematical equality concepts, this passage is quoted:
The individual no longer belongs to God, to himself, to his beloved, to his art or to his ...
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Does this analogy about translations illuminate, or obfuscate, the nature of belief?
I'm engaged in a discussion with somebody about the nature of belief. I've been arguing that belief is an attitude toward a proposition, and that in order to believe something, you necessarily have to ...
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What is the difference between Law of Excluded Middle and Principle of Bivalence?
Law of Excluded Middle:
In logic, the law of excluded middle (or the principle of excluded
middle) is the third of the so-called three classic laws of thought.
It states that for any ...
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What is the difference between item class and item instance?
I am working on a web site that has products information. Products, let's say consumer electronics, are represented by classes which describe different properties or groups of properties. Some classes ...
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The paradox of the raven and Kratzer's account of “if-then”
I have just read Angelika Kratzer's paper "Conditionals". In this paper Kratzer rejects the traditional account of the "if-then" construction in English as a two-place material implication operator, ...
