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What exactly is informal logic and is this what I'm looking for?

logic philosophy-of-logic

asked Aug 10, 2014 at 18:23

7 votes

2 answers

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What exactly is the value of completeness and decidability in logic?

logic

asked Aug 23, 2013 at 17:44

6 votes

4 answers

436 views

Is there any reason for the heavy focus on binary relations in formal logic?

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asked Aug 18, 2014 at 18:42

6 votes

5 answers

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Is C.S. Lewis argument for absolute morality valid?

logic ethics

asked Jul 18, 2014 at 17:11

5 votes

9 answers

463 views

Isn't it absurd to suppose that sets can be empty or can contain other sets?

logic

asked Dec 31, 2013 at 2:11

4 votes

1 answer

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I don't understand why Kant's definition of an analytic concept can't be expressed in terms of intensional logic

asked Aug 18, 2013 at 23:41

4 votes

1 answer

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Are concepts necessarily false even if useful?

concept peirce

asked Jun 25, 2014 at 19:36

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11 answers

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Shouldn't fallibilism be a reason to abandon science?

epistemology philosophy-of-science skepticism

asked Jun 25, 2014 at 22:24

4 votes

1 answer

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Is there a school of informal logic that treats it as determining how to transcribe arguments into formal logic?

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asked Sep 7, 2014 at 20:08

3 votes

1 answer

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Is philosophical (total) skepticism compatible with the modern scientific world view?

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asked Aug 2, 2014 at 21:08

3 votes

1 answer

284 views

To what extent are the various methods of science rationalist rather than empirical?

epistemology philosophy-of-science

asked Aug 22, 2013 at 4:45

3 votes

2 answers

333 views

Are there paradoxes involved in allowing for an unrestricted domain in predicate logic?

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asked Oct 10, 2013 at 5:48

3 votes

2 answers

276 views

Has anyone developed a "restricted English" notation for logic (first-order or otherwise)?

logic

asked Dec 1, 2013 at 15:26

3 votes

3 answers

2k views

What must nature's uniformity be like in order for scientific induction to be (non-deductively) valid?

philosophy-of-science induction

asked Jun 21, 2014 at 21:41

2 votes

1 answer

124 views

Is there canonical terminology for logical connectives between more than two propositions?

logic

asked Jun 19, 2014 at 22:56

2 votes

3 answers

405 views

Are there any notable philosophical skeptics since Nietzsche, perhaps in the style of Nietzsche?

epistemology skepticism

asked Sep 11, 2014 at 16:08

1 vote

3 answers

593 views

Can political ideologies be logically undecidable? If so, what are the consequences of this?

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asked Aug 24, 2014 at 3:54

1 vote

4 answers

3k views

What do optical illusions, or other illusions, say about our perceptions or senses in general?

epistemology perception

asked Nov 24, 2013 at 5:58

0 votes

1 answer

225 views

Question about information in ampliative reasoning

logic

asked May 2, 2015 at 16:42

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What exactly is informal logic and is this what I'm looking for?

What exactly is the value of completeness and decidability in logic?

Is there any reason for the heavy focus on binary relations in formal logic?

Is C.S. Lewis argument for absolute morality valid?

Isn't it absurd to suppose that sets can be empty or can contain other sets?

I don't understand why Kant's definition of an analytic concept can't be expressed in terms of intensional logic

Are concepts necessarily false even if useful?

Shouldn't fallibilism be a reason to abandon science?

Is there a school of informal logic that treats it as determining how to transcribe arguments into formal logic?

Is philosophical (total) skepticism compatible with the modern scientific world view?

To what extent are the various methods of science rationalist rather than empirical?

Are there paradoxes involved in allowing for an unrestricted domain in predicate logic?

Has anyone developed a "restricted English" notation for logic (first-order or otherwise)?

What must nature's uniformity be like in order for scientific induction to be (non-deductively) valid?

Is there canonical terminology for logical connectives between more than two propositions?

Are there any notable philosophical skeptics since Nietzsche, perhaps in the style of Nietzsche?

Can political ideologies be logically undecidable? If so, what are the consequences of this?

What do optical illusions, or other illusions, say about our perceptions or senses in general?

Question about information in ampliative reasoning