Kennesaw State University
University at Albany, State University of New York
University of Richmond
Pennsylvania State University
Roger Williams University
The University of Western Ontario
Revolution In Ideology: Crafting A Holistic Scientific Dialectic,
2017
Abilene Christian University
Revolution In Ideology: Crafting A Holistic Scientific Dialectic, Nathan Neill
Dialogue & Nexus
Ideology drives scientific research far more than is acknowledged. Since science itself is conducted by individuals, each scientist has a biased conception of themselves and their surroundings relative to the rest of the universe, even if it is never explicated. This sense of relation to the greater universe is what defines the ideology of the individual. It is this sense of relation and self that creates the individual, who goes on to investigate the natural world by the scientific method. In this paper I will examine extant scientific ideology, particularly in Western science, and propose changes that could be helpful.
The Proscriptive Principle And Logics Of Analytic Implication,
2017
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
The Proscriptive Principle And Logics Of Analytic Implication, Thomas M. Ferguson
All Graduate Works by Year: Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
The analogy between inference and mereological containment goes at least back to Aristotle, whose discussion in the Prior Analytics motivates the validity of the syllogism by way of talk of parts and wholes. On this picture, the application of syllogistic is merely the analysis of concepts, a term that presupposes—through the root ἀνά + λύω —a mereological background.
In the 1930s, such considerations led William T. Parry to attempt to codify this notion of logical containment in his system of analytic implication AI. Parry’s original system AI was later expanded to the system PAI. The hallmark of Parry’s ...
Editor's Words,
2017
San Jose State University
Vol 8 No 1 Contents Page,
2017
San Jose State University
Vol 8 No 1 Information Page,
2017
San Jose State University
Vol 8 No 1 Cover Page,
2017
San Jose State University
Three Essays In Intuitionistic Epistemology,
2016
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Three Essays In Intuitionistic Epistemology, Tudor Protopopescu
All Graduate Works by Year: Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
We present three papers studying knowledge and its logic from an intuitionistic viewpoint.
An Arithmetic Interpretation of Intuitionistic Verification
Intuitionistic epistemic logic introduces an epistemic operator to intuitionistic logic which reflects the intended BHK semantics of intuitionism. The fundamental assumption concerning intuitionistic knowledge and belief is that it is the product of verification. The BHK interpretation of intuitionistic logic has a precise formulation in the Logic of Proofs and its arithmetical semantics. We show here that this interpretation can be extended to the notion of verification upon which intuitionistic knowledge is based. This provides the systems of intuitionistic epistemic logic ...
Mathematical Practice And Human Cognition,
2016
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
Mathematical Practice And Human Cognition, Bernd Buldt
Philosophy Faculty Presentations
Frank Quinn (of Jaffe-Quinn fame, see [1]) worked out the basics of his own account of mathematical practice, an account that is informed by an analysis of contemporary mathematics and its pedagogy (see [2]). Taking this account as our starting point, we can characterize the current mathematical practice to acquire and work with new concepts as a cognitive adaptation strategy that, first, emerged to meet the challenges posed by the growing abstractness of its objects and which, second, proceeds according to the following three-pronged approach:
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(i) sever as many ties to ordinary language as possible and limit ordinary language explanations ...
On Fixed Points, Diagonalization, And Self-Reference,
2016
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
On Fixed Points, Diagonalization, And Self-Reference, Bernd Buldt
Philosophy Faculty Presentations
We clarify the respective role fixed points, diagonalization, and self- reference play in proofs of G ̈odel’s first incompleteness theorem. We first show that the usual fixed-point construction can be reduced to a double diagonalization; this is done to address widely held views such as that fixed-point are “paradoxical” (Priest), or work by “black magic” (Soare), or that their construction is “intuitively unclear” (Kotlarski). We then discuss three notions of self-reference; this can be seen an extension of a recent study by Halbach and Visser and is meant to show that we do not (yet?) have a robust theory ...
Mathematical Practice And Human Cognition,
2016
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
Mathematical Practice And Human Cognition, Bernd Buldt
Philosophy Faculty Presentations
Frank Quinn (of Jaffe-Quinn fame, see [1]) worked out the basics of his own account of mathematical practice, an account that is informed by an analysis of contemporary mathematics and its pedagogy (see [2]). Taking this account as our starting point, we can characterize the current mathematical practice to acquire and work with new concepts as a cognitive adaptation strategy that, first, emerged to meet the challenges posed by the growing abstractness of its objects and which, second, proceeds according to the following three-pronged approach:
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(i) sever as many ties to ordinary language as possible and limit ordinary language explanations ...
Rampant Non-Factualism: A Metaphysical Framework And Its Treatment Of Vagueness,
2016
Boise State University
Rampant Non-Factualism: A Metaphysical Framework And Its Treatment Of Vagueness, Alexander Jackson
Alexander Jackson
Rampant non-factualism is the view that all non-fundamental matters are non-factual, in a sense inspired by Kit Fine (2001). The first half of this paper argues that if we take non-factualism seriously for any matters, such as morality, then we should take rampant non-factualism seriously. The second half of the paper argues that rampant non-factualism makes possible an attractive theory of vagueness. We can give non-factualist accounts of non-fundamental matters that nicely characterize the vagueness they manifest (if any). I suggest that such non-factualist theories dissolve philosophical puzzlement about vagueness. In particular, the approach implies that philosophers should not try ...
Vol 7 No 2 Contents Page,
2016
San Jose State University
Vol 7 No 2 Information Page,
2016
San Jose State University
Vol 7 No 2 Cover Page,
2016
San Jose State University
On Fixed Points, Diagonalization, And Self-Reference,
2016
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
On Fixed Points, Diagonalization, And Self-Reference, Bernd Buldt
Philosophy Faculty Publications
We clarify the respective roles fixed points, diagonalization, and self- reference play in proofs of Gödel’s first incompleteness theorem.
The C3 Conditional: A Variably Strict Ordinary-Language Conditional,
2016
Graduate Center, City University of New York
The C3 Conditional: A Variably Strict Ordinary-Language Conditional, Monique L. Whitaker
All Graduate Works by Year: Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
In this dissertation I provide a novel logic of the ordinary-language conditional. First, however, I endeavor to make clearer and more precise just what the objects of the study of the conditional are, as a lack of clarity as to what counts as an instance of a given category of conditional has resulted in deep and significant confusions in subsequent analysis. I motivate for a factual/counterfactual distinction, though not at the level of particular instances of the conditional. Instead, I argue that each individual instance of the conditional may be interpreted either factually or counterfactually, rather than these instances ...
The Polysemy Of ‘Fallacy’—Or ‘Bias’, For That Matter,
2016
Lund University
The Polysemy Of ‘Fallacy’—Or ‘Bias’, For That Matter, Frank Zenker
OSSA Conference Archive
Starting with a brief overview of current usages (Sect. 2), this paper offers some constituents of a use-based analysis of ‘fallacy’, listing 16 conditions that have, for the most part implicitly, been discussed in the literature (Sect. 3). Our thesis is that at least three related conceptions of ‘fallacy’ can be identified. The 16 conditions thus serve to “carve out” a semantic core and to distinguish three core-specifications. As our discussion suggests, these specifications can be related to three normative positions in the philosophy of human reasoning: the meliorist, the apologist, and the panglossian (Sect. 4). Seeking to make these ...
Compassion, Authority And Baby Talk: Prosody And Objectivity,
2016
Trent University
Compassion, Authority And Baby Talk: Prosody And Objectivity, Leo Groarke, Gabrijela Kišiček
OSSA Conference Archive
Recent work on multimodal argumentation has explored facets of argumentation which have no obvious analogue in the written arguments which were emphasized in traditional accounts of argument. One of these facets is prosody: the structure and quality of the sound of spoken language. Prosodic features include pitch, temporal structure, pronunciation, loudness and voice quality, rhythm, emphasis and accent. In this paper, we explore the ways that prosodic features may be invoked in arguing.
Pascal And Fermat: Religion, Probability, And Other Mathematical Discoveries,
2016
Skidmore College
Pascal And Fermat: Religion, Probability, And Other Mathematical Discoveries, Adrienne E. Lazes
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) Student Scholarship
This final project primarily discusses how Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, two French seventeenth century mathematicians, founded the field of mathematical Probability and how this area continued to evolve after their contributions. Also included in this project is an analysis of how Pascal and Fermat were affected, or not, in their mathematical work by the widespread impact that the Catholic Church had on life in France during this time period. I further discuss two other central discoveries by these theorists: Pascal’s Triangle and Fermat’s Last Theorem. Lastly, the project analyzes how all of these aspects: the influence ...
Toward A Kripkean Concept Of Number,
2016
Graduate Center, City University of New York
Toward A Kripkean Concept Of Number, Oliver R. Marshall
All Graduate Works by Year: Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Saul Kripke once remarked to me that natural numbers cannot be posits inferred from their indispensability to science, since we’ve always had them. This left me wondering whether numbers are objects of Russellian acquaintance, or accessible by analysis, being implied by known general principles about how to reason correctly, or both. To answer this question, I discuss some recent (and not so recent) work on our concepts of number and of particular numbers, by leading psychologists and philosophers. Special attention is paid to Kripke’s theory that numbers possess structural features of the numerical systems that stand for them ...
