Hiya!  I'm doing Anselm's argument for the existence of God at university this semester, and thought I'd share my thoughts with you :)

( Through here for my interpretation of the original argument. )

I have spent a lot of time observing the world, and a lot of time thinking about it. What really gets me is just how complicated it is. From the fusion power of the sun along with the vast deposits of various chemicals which were created by the death of other stars we get life that is this rich and varied. So it's quite easily fascinating ( Read more... )

You do, don't you? You and your filthy non-classical logicsLet's suppose that you're not completely insane and want to avoid embracing contradiction, but you are at least a little bonkers and want to get rid of that pesky LEM. For those of you who don't know, the LEM is of the form ( Read more... )

In Philosophy 101, we are told about the different logical fallacies - i.e., the slippery slope fallacy, the appeal to authority, the ad hominem argument, etc. All (or most) are listed at http://www.fallacyfiles.orgRead more... )

My symbolic logic professor just discussed Godel's Incompleteness Theorem, but I have a feeling either Godel was wrong, I'm not understanding the theorem, or my professor didn't explain it well ( Read more... )

I'd given up on passing my classical/nonclassical logic class but now I am going to take Pascal up on his wager and say, what can I lose by trying? So hop on board with teaching me TEH LOGICS PLZ!

Right now I am working on analytic tableaux, and I have a couple of questions. (I get it for the most part, buuut ( Read more... )

I've often made comments on posts in this community, but this is my first actual post. I meant my first post to be of far more substance and going towards my own unique thought in philosophy, but instead, something else started to bother me that I thought I'd ask about ( Read more... )