You’re so illogical!
A phrase that get’s thrown around SFN a lot is “logical fallacy”. You’ve seen it a lot, but do you know what it means? Can you tell a fallacy from valid logic? Fallacies come in two forms: logical and...
View ArticleEvidence and Its Absence
I see the phrase “absence of evidence is not evidence of absence” tossed around often-especially in terms of religious debates. This phrase, however, isn’t actually true. There are cases in which...
View ArticleFacepalms and Philosophy
Sometimes I hate philosophy. Usually, it’s because I run into people who still reject Empiricism so that they can attempt to justify their belief in magic, but sometimes it’s because I’m reminded of...
View ArticleThere and Back Again: The long LONG road to Gödel
There was significant interest in this series, so I’ve decided to go ahead and do it. Bear in mind, this will not be a replacement for a detailed rigorous course in metamathematics, but I hope it will...
View ArticleThat’s just semantics!
Previously, we talked a little bit about what logics are and we set up our language. Now, we’re going to discuss the interpretation and semantics for this language. In a later post, we’ll set up the...
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