tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post4503091875780731589..comments2023-11-03T07:07:55.456-05:00Comments on CoPhilosophy: Why Not?Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-87744440825016321282014-04-16T13:58:45.396-05:002014-04-16T13:58:45.396-05:00FQ: According to Frank Ramsey, _______ is the prop...FQ: According to Frank Ramsey, _______ is the property of beliefs which ensures that if you act on beliefs with this property, you will get what you want. <br />-PB page 218 Truth<br /><br />DQ:Is Ramsey's definition of truth useful in a Utilitarian or Pragmatist sense?<br /><br />Link: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Ramsey.html<br />Here is a short biography of Frank RamseyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764732084173603758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-86361071381849259682014-04-16T10:16:05.416-05:002014-04-16T10:16:05.416-05:00FQ: Who founded a branch of mathematics that Hugh ...FQ: Who founded a branch of mathematics that Hugh Mellor spoke about?<br />FQ,ANS: Frank Ramsey (PB 215)<br /><br />DQ: How can someone prove that their theories are successful?<br /><br />Link:<br />http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RamseyTheory.html<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132013072838107908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-85015381692062489842014-04-16T09:50:44.740-05:002014-04-16T09:50:44.740-05:00FQ: Who was Bertrand Russell's godfather (whom...FQ: Who was Bertrand Russell's godfather (whom he never met but nevertheless had a great influence on him)? (John Stuart Mill)<br /><br />FQ: T/F: Bertrand Russell thought that religion (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Hinduism especially) was necessary and good for mankind. (F)<br /><br />FQ: What was Russell's favorite area of philosophy? (hint: he is a mathematician) (Answer: logic)<br /><br />DQ: Russell was a pacifist in the extreme, yet he was not opposed to WWII. Why do you think this is?<br /><br />http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/russell/<br /><br />page about Russell. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652327367287677138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-76924329387321590642014-04-16T08:30:19.259-05:002014-04-16T08:30:19.259-05:00FQ: Rorty concluded that to "give up on the i...FQ: Rorty concluded that to "give up on the idea that philosophy gets nearer to truth, and to interpret it as who did? AP 151 (Dewey)<br /><br />What is progress in knowledge? What is progress in science?<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Xz6a_oyHo<br /><br />Rorty on Truth<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzynRPP9XkYAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280935460463951756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-81732483129287254752014-04-15T14:57:19.030-05:002014-04-15T14:57:19.030-05:00FQ: What branch of philosophy did Ayer and the log...FQ: What branch of philosophy did Ayer and the logical positivism movement consider meaningless? Hint: It was studied by Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer. (Metaphysics, LH pg. 191)<br /><br />DQ: Is something "meaningless" if it can't be proven?<br /><br />Link: Ayer on Logical Positivism<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMlXmLbGKJY<br />Stephanie Byarsnoreply@blogger.com