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I teach philosophy at UT San Antonio.

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stained glass is a perfect medium for him. strange that the effect is so perfect in a medieval context. hard to find any stained glass in modern churches, alas.

17.08.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ok, then, your father will buy OUP. is that better for you??

16.08.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

saw what you did there.

16.08.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

seems closer to a logical truth..

15.08.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can surely get from <>~A β€”> ~T to [ ]A. And if you have [ ]~A, then [ ]~A β€”> (<>~A β€”>~T).

15.08.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OMG I LOVE THIS‼️ I Absolutely Love Governor Gavin Newsom‼️
#GavinNewsomForPresident2028

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15.08.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

interesting. but closer to hagiography than biography.

14.08.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the book doubles (sometimes singles) as a blunt instrument.

12.08.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

contradictions, incoherence, circular reasoning, false claims and all in less than 200 pp. who knew Chomsky was such a bloody dolt…

12.08.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that’s pretty young to discover the all purpose excuse.

11.08.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just use points or really anything else you like. Nothing wrong with that. You can do all the logic you like, if that’s what you want to do.

11.08.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ICYMI, Chellas has a nice discussion of K4 (p. 131ff) in his _Modal Logic_ anggtwu.net/tmp/chellas_...

10.08.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

frames for K4 are not reflexive, right? and there’s your prob.

09.08.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

only the obviously fake ones. that puppy is being trained to sit. he’s not watching and responding to the tv. he’s responding to treats. the rest is AI.

09.08.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that’s AI… pretty sure

09.08.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

fwiw, it’s available online these days. Segerberg’s essay, that is, in all of its 1970’s typescript glory

08.08.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

unfortunately, he calls everything venus: planets, mosquitoes…

07.08.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

only a paul grice could figure out all of the conversational implications.

06.08.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of the Milky Way over Deadvlei in Namibia

Picture of the Milky Way over Deadvlei in Namibia

If this is an actual photograph and not AI, it is truly amazing. Milky Way over Deadvlei in Namibia. Credits: Stefan Liebermann

05.08.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

one difference. generally, consequences of minor mistakes in chess are so much worse than those for minor mistakes in research.

04.08.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The consequences are obviously implausible if anyone on K^n is also on K^n+1.

04.08.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And KK is a logical question. It will fall out of arguments for a strong logic of knowledge. Are these the same sorts of evidence? Doesn’t seem like it.

04.08.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It seems false for iterated cases of necessity. To know whether something is necessary (say, [] existing) you need to know something about the nature of the object (if you will). Abstract objects (ao), e.g.,are prob. [] existing. But to know whether [][] ao, you need to know proper logic of [].

04.08.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also true for Plantingan realism that there are infinitely many worlds in which the same lyrics are being sung. But modal realists can also say that *there are* right now infinitely many (possible, nonactual) singers singing. That’s pretty cool. Plantingans can’t.

02.08.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I want the last 10 seconds of my life back...

01.08.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump really ought to stop lying, but obviously he can’t. So much for ought-can. Note: ought-can is not even a principle of agent evaluation, since Trump can’t stop lying, but is obviously blameworthy for it. QED.

01.08.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

any tonic wine with 20% ABV

01.08.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that’s something richard lewis might have said..

31.07.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

putting it all together, hard job mrks create themselves.

30.07.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

finally. let’s also reaffirm the difference between harms and offenses. not every little offense to your sensibilities constitutes a harm.

29.07.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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