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Philosophy ETDs

1961

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An Investigation Of Decision Procedures For The Propositional Calculus, J Dalton Tarwater May 1961

An Investigation Of Decision Procedures For The Propositional Calculus, J Dalton Tarwater

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This thesis has as its central purpose the positing of a novel procedure for finding the totality of valid conclusions to a given set of statements in the Propositional Calculus. it is divided into five main parts. Part I is largely a criticism of existing decision procedures for the Propositional Calculus. Part II posits a formal structure which is given an interpretation in Part III. It is the interpretation of that structure which provides the new procedure for analyzing arguments. Part IV is a detailed criticism of a particular method which is supposed to supply all of the valid conclusions …


An Analysis Of The Paradoxes In Jean-Paul Sartre's Existentialism, David Ronald Burke Apr 1961

An Analysis Of The Paradoxes In Jean-Paul Sartre's Existentialism, David Ronald Burke

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The purpose of this study is: (1) to examine Sartre’s intellectual background in search of those elements which have led to the development of paradoxical concepts; (2) to collect and examine current criticisms of Sartre’s philosophical position; and (3) to show why the interpretation of his philosophy as an embodiment of paradox necessitates a re-evaluation of critical attacks.