Thu 11 Feb, 2010 07:34 pm - ... I've read Kirwan's "Sublimity" and "Beauty", am currently working my way through Schopenhauer's third book of "The World as Will and... (view)
Mon 23 Nov, 2009 07:12 pm - [QUOTE=ACB;105469]I think it must have something to do with the prior likelihood of the actual state of affairs ...[/QUOTE]
... I think you could be on to something there ... I am currently... (view)
Mon 23 Nov, 2009 05:01 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;105460]The literature is very long.[/QUOTE]
... that's what I was afraid of - the lack of solutions to problems like Gettier's typically isn't for a lack of trying... (view)
Mon 23 Nov, 2009 03:42 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;105451]And that is Gettier's point, only Gettier claims that it is clear that JTB is not sufficient for knowing, since a person can have JTB and not know.[/QUOTE]
... which... (view)
Mon 23 Nov, 2009 03:07 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;105441]So that although JTB is necessary for knowing, it is not sufficient for knowing. This is completely clear. What is not clear is that JTB is insufficieint for knowing. And... (view)
Mon 23 Nov, 2009 02:20 pm - [QUOTE=Emil;105426]You can find the symbols [URL="http://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/?page_id=1523"]here[/URL].[/QUOTE]
... thanks! :)
[QUOTE=Emil;105426]As for your post. I have no clue. I... (view)
Sun 22 Nov, 2009 09:25 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;105263]But you can infer from A's friend in in a Eurorail train in France that he is in France. Just as you can infer from the statement that he is in Lyon, and Lyon is in... (view)
Sun 22 Nov, 2009 08:43 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;105254]I don't understand that. Has Eurorail some special political status?[/QUOTE]
... no, it doesn't - and that is precisely the point ... Eurorail trains travel all... (view)
Sun 22 Nov, 2009 08:15 pm - ... suppose, however, we put ACB's friend on a Eurorail train in France ... in which case, it is not logically impossible to be on a Eurorail train but not in France ... (view)
