(Baker, 2016) 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. From Scientific Reproducibility To Epistemic Humility 1. Introduction: The Reproducibility Crisis The reproducibility crisis (aka “the replication crisis,” aka “the replicability crisis”) is … [continue reading]
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Weird Science, Odd Elasticity, and Why Science Needs Philosophy.
(Padavic-Callaghan, 2023) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. Weird Science, Odd Elasticity, and Why Science Needs Philosophy 1. Introduction Analytic philosophy of science, as practiced in the so-called “Anglosphere”—English-speaking countries … [continue reading]
Supertasks and the Consistency of the Real Numbers: Reply to Jéssica Milaré/Supertarefas e a consistência dos números reais: Resposta a Jéssica Milaré.
Men at work down under, performing supertasks, circa 1981 (Filmaffinity US, 2023) 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. Supertasks and the Consistency of the Real Numbers: Reply to Jéssica … [continue reading]
Could Every Statement Be True? Trivialism and The Bankruptcy of Analytic Philosophy of Logic.
(Carroll, 1871/1988: p. 61) 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. Could Every Statement Be True? Trivialism and The Bankruptcy of Analytic Philosophy of Logic 1. Introduction In this essay, … [continue reading]
Gödel’s Theorems, the (In)Consistency of Arithmetic, and the Fundamental Mistake of Analytic Philosophers of Mathematical Logic.
Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) and the first page of (Gödel, 1931/1967) You can also download and read or share a .pdf of the complete text of this essay by scrolling to the bottom of this post and clicking on the Download tab. Gödel’s Theorems, the (In)Consistency of Arithmetic, and the Fundamental Mistake of Analytic Philosophers of … [continue reading]
The Sleeping Beauty Problem: How Analytic Philosophy Generates Unsolvable Puzzles.
(Wikipedia, 2023) 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. The Sleeping Beauty Problem: How Analytic Philosophy Generates Unsolvable Puzzles 1. Introduction: Sleeping Beauty and Probabilities The Sleeping Beauty problem was … [continue reading]
Against the Philosophers of Mathematics–Either Supertasks, Or the Consistency of the Real Numbers: Choose!
Zeno’s “dichotomy” paradox of motion, (supposedly) solved by completing a supertask 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. Against the Philosophers of Mathematics–Either Supertasks, Or the Consistency of the Real … [continue reading]