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Dec 9, 2022

Metalogic Practice: Proofs for PL

The following is some practice I did in metalogic with proofs for PL. I thought it would be helpful for people if I posted it publicly. Most of this system can be found in Theodore Sider’s Logic for Philosophy.¹ For the following definitions, let φ and ψ be any PL-wff. …

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Nov 19, 2022

Modal Anti-Realism and the Transparency Objection

Modality often finds itself tangled with metaphysical difficulties that have made the rigorous determination of modal properties difficult. Considering the question as to whether modal truths are mind-independent or not may lead us to some difficulty. For many, the mind-independence of possibility seems prima facie counterintuitive. Realist interpretations of modality…

Modal Logic

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Modal Logic

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Aug 18, 2022

The Foundation for Fichte’s Wissenschaftslehre

Fichte is notable as one of the most fundamental thinkers to employ a foundationalist system in philosophy. It is clear when going through Fichte’s Wissenschaftslehre that he was a foundationalist; as “human beings must possess some truth that neither can nor needs to be proven from which all other truths…

Fichte

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Fichte

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Aug 15, 2022

A Quick-and-Dirty Introduction to Private Justification

Evan Jack’s categorical distinction between “private” and “public” justification is best understood as a response to the logocentric predicament and the Münchhausen trilemma. The latter, asserts a theoretical impossibility of any fully justified system, claiming that it must lapse into (1) circularity, (2) infinite regress, or (3) a reliance on…

Foundationalism

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Foundationalism

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