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August 26, 2006
Language and Knowledge
From Bertrand Russell's "Logical Positivism" (1950) in Logic and Knowledge:
This whole subject [logic, logical syntax and semantics] has become so technical, and so capable of quasi-mathematical definiteness, that it can hardly be regarded as belonging to philosophy as formerly understood. True, it solves what were philosophical problems, but so did Newton in writing on what he still called 'natural philosophy'. But we do not now regard planetary theory as part of philosophy, and I think that on the same ground much of the recent work on logic, syntax, and semantics should be regarded as definite knowledge, not philosophical speculation.
It's nice that B. thinks so highly of logic and semantics - "definite knowledge" an' all - I just wish he thought better of philosophy...
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August 01, 2006
Missoura News
What would a zombie call their philosophy of mind blog?
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