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What is Logic?

8. March 2018 Dr. Paul Herrick Article, WhatIs

Dr. Paul Herrick, author of three logic texts, gives an overview of logic, its history, and its importance. Even if you don't have a background in philosophy, you will find this summary helpful and informative. [More]

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On Frege seeing what is in front of his nose

27. February 2018 Philosophy News News

Take a mathematician of Frege’s generation, accustomed to writing the likes (1) (2) If , then or , — and fancier things, of course! Whatever unclear thoughts about [More]

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Free Online Course: Logic and Computational Thinking

4. January 2018 Paul Pardi, MA News, Education

Check out this free online logic course published my Microsoft through the Harvard/MIT project edx.org. It features content from the Oxford University Press book Think with Socrates and focuses on formal logic and its application to computer science. [More]

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Logic books of the year?

22. December 2017 Philosophy News News

It’s the season when the literary supplements are full of choices of books of the year. And I for one am made to feel I just Haven’t Been Keeping Up. Ah well … In fact, the only [More]

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Philosophical curiosities from around the world [slideshow]

16. November 2017 Philosophy News News

Today is World Philosophy Day! Introduced by UNESCO in 2002, World Philosophy Day aims to promote the global importance of philosophical thought. To celebrate, we've created a slideshow of [More]

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Whataboutism

16. November 2017 Philosophy News News

While Whataboutism has long served as a tool for Soviet (and now Russian) propagandists, it has now become entrenched in American political discourse. It is, as noted by comedian John Oliver, a [More]

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“Too Many” Yabloesque Paradoxes

5. November 2017 Philosophy News News

The Yablo Paradox (due to Stephen Yablo and Albert Visser) consists of an infinite sequence of sentences of the following form: S1: For all m > 1, Sm is false. S2: For all m > 2, Sm is false. S3: [More]

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IAI Interview: Logic and the Linguistic Turn

16. March 2014 Paul Pardi, MA News

Michael Potter is Professor of Logic in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and has been a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College since 1989. His forthcoming book, Wittgenstein 1916, will be a study of Wittgenstein's views on ethics and religion during the First World War, during the time he was writing his famous Tractatus. Our friends at IAI spoke to him about Wittgenstein, the linguistic turn and the importance of logic to the study of language. [More]

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You Mad Bro? Philosophers Have No Answer

27. January 2014 Paul Pardi, MA Article

The world is experiencing a growing and disturbing trend of unsportsmanlike conduct by professional athletes. The philosophical community isn't outraged. [More]

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The Daily Owl 10-25-2013

25. October 2013 The Daily Owl The Daily Owl

Provided we have the right type of rigor, we need randomness, mess, adventures, uncertainty, self-discovery, near-traumatic episodes--all these things that make life worth living--compared to the structured, ineffective life of an empty-suit CEO with a pre-set schedule and an alarm clock. (Taleb ) [More]

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