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December 15, 2005

Searching for Satisfaction

Bloggers sometimes post the odd words and expressions that, with the help of a search engine, surfers used to find their way onto the site. Jonathan Kvanvig has been doing it here, and Brian did it a very long time ago. But I thought I could go one better. These people were actually looking for things, right? So here's a push in the right direction...

"Christmas Logic" - you know, that's when you open your first present, and it's the new System of a Down album, and your brother offers you the opportunity to switch for his unopened present, which apparently Santa told him is either the Asian Dub Foundation CD or a collection of Christmas carols. Then he offers you a lot more inside info and the chance to switch all your unopened presents for all of his...and just when you've switched all the presents to the other side of the room, he offers to do it again - Christmas logic is the study of how you eventually get to the Tofurkey.

"richard montague death feferman" - er, I don't think he did it.

"kit fine philosophy" - here he is!

"feferman solomon on richard montague" - I doubt he thinks he did it, either.

"adam morton s definition of evil" - when somebody steals his unicycle

"what to ask at a postdoc interview" - what are you going to pay me? do you expect me to do anything for that?

"being superhuman" - well, this is what you eat, apparently.

"solomon feferman- facts about his life" - look, he didn't kill Montague, ok?

"wild answering machine messages" - er, will "I'm not here now" do?

"famous axioms" - I like Peirce's law, here's a candid photograph:

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"psychology how to deal with a liar" - some people around here favour using a metalanguage...

"what does gillian mean" - I'd try to tell you, but I fear you wouldn't understand my answer.

"i m failing logic class" - actually, this I can help with. Send me an email!

"philosophers on christmas" - don't swap all your presents for your brother's; you'll never get any Tofurkey.

"frehg" - I think you might mean "Frege"

"jews dont use which natural number" - ?!?!

"photo of sahotra sarkar" - seek and ye shall find...scroll down, it's a very cool photo

You're welcome. We live to please.

Posted by logican at December 15, 2005 07:50 PM

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I'm unhappy with the implication that christmas carols are less valuable than System of a Down. Most unhappy.

Posted by: Aidan [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 16, 2005 02:00 AM

Sorry Aidan, perhaps Barry Manilow would do instead?

Posted by: Gillian Russell at December 16, 2005 10:36 AM

Now I want to know which natural number Jews don't use!

I just needed to refer to Peirce's Law the other day as an example of something classically valid but intuitionistically invalid that didn't involve negation.

Posted by: Kenny Easwaran at December 16, 2005 01:32 PM

Hmm, that's a tough one. The consensus amongst the philosophers in this room is that System of a Down is still the worst outcome.

Switch! For the sake of your rationality/ears!

Posted by: Aidan at December 16, 2005 05:58 PM

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