Questions tagged [context]
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Some questions on "context" in Mathematical Logic
Recently I was having a discussion with user21820 in this chatroom. There very naively (in the sense that I didn't choose carefully each word of my following statement) I expressed the opinion that,
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If I said I had $100 when asked, but I actually had $200, would I be lying by omission? [closed]
If you had $200 cash on you right now, and I asked you if you had $100 on you, would the correct answer be yes (always/no matter what other conditions there are), no (always/no matter what other ...
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Is there a definition for "context"?
What is the/a definition for the term 'context'?
The term is used everywhere, and the dictionaries only give a description of it's meaning.Definitions for other terms such as concept, perspective, ...
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What are some alternative readings of Aristotle's remark "O my friends, there is no friend"?
Jacques Derrida's 1988-89 seminar on "The Politics of Friendship" centers itself around a quotation attributed to Aristotle, found in Diogenes Laertius (V, 1, 21) and later quoted by Montaigne ("On ...
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Why did Feyerabend criticize scientists like Feynman and Schwinger given his philosophy?
From a quick read of Wikipedia, I got the impression that Feyerabend's philosophy would suggest it's beneficial for scientists to ignore all philosophical prescriptions when practicing science. ...
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Why substitutivity doesn't work in an intensional context?
I was trying to grasp some more insights on the difference between intensional and extensional.
I started reading this article by Melvin Fitting on intensional logic. It seems interesting but I ...
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What does this excerpt from Plato's Republic mean?
This excerpt is from Book II, concerning Plato's reasoning for censoring a certain story of Hesiod's:
The doings of Cronus, and the sufferings which in turn his son inflicted upon him, even if they ...
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Contextual meaning of a philosophical text
I want to confirm a sentence, which I have rendered bold below, related to Aristotle's view regarding Thales philosophy in a philosophical article.
In Book I of the Metaphysics, Aristotle claims ...
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How to handle reading longer texts?
I read philosophy books on my own accord, and I have run into a bit of an issue: it is taking me much too long to read through longer texts. My system is as follows: I read a book, then I watch videos ...
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What is the name of the fallacy that only reasons about an action in itself, outside of its context?
This would cover an argument that ignores the broader implications of an action. General or repeated instances of the action would lead to results different from the user's claim. The argument is ...
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Canonical Papers on Context
The notions of context and contextual disambiguation are either implicitly or explicitly deployed in order to solve problems of ambiguous reference and meaning in the majority of the theories of ...
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