Monday, May 08, 2006
Verification
The truth-value of any statement depends on verifying or falsifying background beliefs of some kind. And yes, it is also true of the previous statement as well as the present one.
Saturday, May 06, 2006
The Usual Self-Contradiction
"Truth isn't merely truth with respect to some standpoint. Trying to explain truth-from-a-standpoint itself involves the notion of objective truth beyond all standpoints."
Alvin Plantinga
Alvin Plantinga
Friday, May 05, 2006
Ideas
The nature of ideas is perhaps the central problem of philosophy.
Josiah Royce
Josiah Royce
Monday, May 01, 2006
The Sides of Understanding
"Anyone who knows only their own side of the case doesn't know much about it."
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
Friday, April 28, 2006
Inquiring Minds Want To Know
What most people want to know
is usually none of their business.
is usually none of their business.
Absent-Mundaneness
It's easier to fight for principles
than to live up to them.
than to live up to them.
Manifest Clarity
The clearer you are
about what you want,
the more power you have.
about what you want,
the more power you have.