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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy

06-12-2006, 01:49 PM

Replies: 40

Give me some good paradoxes

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Posted By rollyourown

Re: Sleeping Beauty

Here is the paradox:
Sleeping Beauty is to be given on Sunday a drug that causes her to sleep. A fair coin will be tossed. If it lands tails, she will be awoken on monday, put back to sleep, and...

Forum: Politics

05-11-2006, 02:14 PM

Replies: 9

Causes of Terrorism

Posted By rollyourown

Causes of Terrorism

Here is an interesting bit from the WPost on just who it is that supports terrorism and why.
link (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/10/AR2006051001912.html)
From the...

Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy

04-26-2006, 02:17 PM

Replies: 8

philosophy book

Views: 176

Posted By rollyourown

Re: philosophy book

For a nice intro to analytic philosophy, try
Thinking Things Through, Clark Glymour, MIT press (I think).
Bruce

Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy

04-25-2006, 01:43 PM

Replies: 17

Goodbye,Descartes

Posted By rollyourown

Re: Goodbye,Descartes

I don't follow the problem with the argument; it looks perfectly valid to me. Semantically, the two premises are contradictory, so anything follows. Syntactically, by E-conversion, premise 1...

Forum: Politics

03-10-2006, 03:58 PM

Replies: 21

An abortion analogy

Views: 121

Posted By rollyourown

Re: No Refutation, long

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From your link: " Both Thompson and McDonagh treat the child—the woman's own daughter or son--like an invading stranger intent on doing harm. They make the mother/child union...

Forum: Politics

03-09-2006, 07:31 PM

Replies: 21

An abortion analogy

Views: 121

Posted By rollyourown

Re: No Refutation, long

BCPV, your linked refutation of Thomson isn't. In fact, it seriously misrepresents her arguments and her conclusions. Some points in passing:

From your link: " Both Thompson and McDonagh treat...

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