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for philosophical questions concerning the nature, origins, and usage of natural language
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I think we use words like discovered and invented incorrectly but I'm not sure [closed]
Anything that was = is 100% likely to have been.
Anything that is = is 100% likely to be. Anything that could be = is 100% undetermined.
Since I'm pretty sure I'm not omnipotent, I'm confident none of ...
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Confusion in regards to a passage in "Introduction to Logic" by Alfred Tarski
PASSAGE OF THE BOOK IN QUESTION:
When we set out to construct a given discipline, we distinguish, first of all, a certain small group of expressions of this discipline that seem to us to be ...
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Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations argues "language as use", but the question remains, use by what?
The question I'm asking is yes, Wittgenstein seems to have nailed the "use" argument, but the question remains, Who or what gives use its meaning? Nobody today uses language better than LLM'...
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How much recursion is needed in the set in order to make a reliable conclusion? [closed]
In formal systems, recursive definitions must be fully specified to ensure the reliability of conclusions.
However, in natural human thinking, we often rely on context-dependent partial recursion to ...
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Can a relation between two objects become equivalent to the objects themselves? [closed]
There are relations between all objects. For example, between the objects light and darkness, there is the relation of opposition. According to Hegel, the struggle between opposites is one of the main ...
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Does Philosophy Need Quotes? [closed]
When writing about colour science, I noticed a sharp boundary between science and philosophy. Science did not use quotes. Philosophy thrived on them.
Natural Philosophy used to encompass all ...
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What is the logical meaning of the word 'let' when used in mathematical texts?
What is the logical meaning of the word 'let' as used in mathematical theorems and definitions?
For example:
Let g be differentiable on an open interval O and let c ∈ O . . .
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Is conceptual analysis merely a descriptive project about how our community uses concepts?
In much of contemporary philosophy, conceptual analysis is presented as the task of uncovering the necessary and sufficient conditions for the correct application of a concept (e.g., “X is knowledge ...
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Efficiency of new speak (1984)
In his novel 1984 George Orwell describes a dystopian language whose theory was by cutting down on the number of words in a language the range of thought will be reduced. If we remove words like ...
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Why does language seem so special? [closed]
Does language access new domains of meaning impossible to access otherwise?
Are there concepts (mathematical or otherwise) which require symbolic representation not just to communicate, but to exist ...
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What are examples of non-physical 'fields' or 'forces' in philosophy that have influenced real-world reasoning or cognition [closed]
In modern physics, the known four fundamental forces are defined by particle interactions and empirical observables. But from a philosophical standpoint, the concept of "force" is also a ...
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Can contradiction be treated as a structural feature of meaning, rather than a failure of logic? [closed]
In traditional logical and semantic systems, contradiction is often seen as something to be eliminated — a signal that the reasoning process has gone wrong.
But what if contradiction is a structural ...
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When intuitionists and classicists use the word "infinity," do they even mean the same thing?
Before the actual/potential distinction, even, then, when intuitionist negation is not the same as classicist negation, so that "not finite" has a different meaning for the intuitionist vs. ...
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Is communication and language a universal concept for any life?
This question is heavily inspired from the 2016 movie "Arrival", where they represent very advanced and intelligent aliens expressing an advanced non-temporal-linear language but which can ...
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Formal Consistency of a Logical Square with Randomness and Contingency [closed]
Defining a primitive modal operator 'Randomness' (R(P)) as ?□P ∧ ?□?P creates logical equivalence with the standard operator for Contingency (◇P ∧ ◇?P). Placing both R(P) and Contingency as distinct ...
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