Figure 1: Logical Trumpism in action (NYT, 2024) Trump, Truth, and Logic A.J. Ayer wrote Language, Truth, and Logic in order to tell the world about Logical Empiricism (Ayer, 1935/1952). The purpose of this essay is to tell the world about what I call Logical Trumpism. To the extent that the Logical Empiricists held that … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: September 2024
Mathematics, Metaphysics, and Mystery, #4.
(Montessori Schools, 2018) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: From Mind to Mathematics 2. The Nature of Mathematical Entities: Nothing Works 3. Set Theory: Should One Believe? 4. Metaphysics and Ontology 5. Mathematical Fictionalism 6. Mathematical Realism 7. Hanna’s Neo-Intuitionism as a Way Out of the Impasse? 8. Conclusion: From Mathematics to Mind This essay will … [continue reading]
Cosmopolitanism and Borderless Philosophy.
(Lausanne Movement, 2018) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. Cosmopolitanism and Borderless Philosophy What should the philosophy of the future[i] look like? My view is that whatever the philosophy … [continue reading]
The “Messy” Reality of the Doctor Shortage.
(Med School Insiders, 2022) Wei Yee Chong is currently working at the University of Adelaide, AU; she graduated from the University of Malaya (Malaysia), and previously lectured at various institutions of higher education in Malaysia for fifteen years before immigrating to Australia. You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete … [continue reading]
Mathematics, Metaphysics, and Mystery, #3.
(Montessori Schools, 2018) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: From Mind to Mathematics 2. The Nature of Mathematical Entities: Nothing Works 3. Set Theory: Should One Believe? 4. Metaphysics and Ontology 5. Mathematical Fictionalism 6. Mathematical Realism 7. Hanna’s Neo-Intuitionism as a Way Out of the Impasse? 8. Conclusion: From Mathematics to Mind This essay will … [continue reading]
What is Democracy?
(Dahl and Shapiro, 2024) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling down to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. What is Democracy? The Fall 2024 US Presidential Election is rapidly approaching, not like Carl Sandburg’s fog, on little … [continue reading]
Mathematics, Metaphysics, and Mystery, #2.
(Montessori Schools, 2018) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: From Mind to Mathematics 2. The Nature of Mathematical Entities: Nothing Works 3. Set Theory: Should One Believe? 4. Metaphysics and Ontology 5. Mathematical Fictionalism 6. Mathematical Realism 7. Hanna’s Neo-Intuitionism as a Way Out of the Impasse? 8. Conclusion: From Mathematics to Mind This essay will … [continue reading]
Congratulations on Doing the Impossible: On the Death of Philosophy, #3.
“The Death of Socrates,” by Jacques-Louis David (1787) The following essay will be published in three installments; this is the third and final one. PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS: INSTALLMENT #1. INSTALLMENT #2. But you can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay, including the list of REFERENCES, by scrolling … [continue reading]
Mathematics, Metaphysics, and Mystery, #1.
(Montessori Schools, 2018) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction: From Mind to Mathematics 2. The Nature of Mathematical Entities: Nothing Works 3. Set Theory: Should One Believe? 4. Metaphysics and Ontology 5. Mathematical Fictionalism 6. Mathematical Realism 7. Hanna’s Neo-Intuitionism as a Way Out of the Impasse? 8. Conclusion: From Mathematics to Mind This essay will … [continue reading]
Congratulations on Doing the Impossible: On the Death of Philosophy, #2.
“The Death of Socrates,” by Jacques-Louis David (1787) The following essay will be published in three installments; this is the second. PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT: INSTALLMENT #1. But you can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay, including the list of REFERENCES, by scrolling down to the bottom of … [continue reading]