Results 21 to 30 of about 1,315,168 (284)
To what theories of laws of nature B. Faul’s argument is applicable? [PDF]
The derivative argument of the consequences is aimed at proving the incompatibility of certain theories of the laws of nature in conjunction with physicalism and the existence of moral responsibility.
T. S. Demin
doaj +1 more source
Overgeneration in the Higher Infinite [PDF]
The Overgeneration Argument is a prominent objection against the model-theoretic account of logical consequence for second-order languages. In previous work we have offered a reconstruction of this argument which locates its source in the conflict ...
Florio, Salvatore, Incurvati, Luca
core +3 more sources
Evaluation of Frankfurt's Viewpoint in the Face of Indirect Consequence Argument [PDF]
The different versions of van Inwagen’s indirect argument for the incompatibility of causal determinism and moral responsibility asserts that (1) the causal necessity and determination indicates that human actions are the results of past events and the ...
Javad Danesh
doaj +1 more source
An Absurd Consequence of Stanford’s New Induction Over the History of Science: A Reply to Sterpetti [PDF]
In this paper, I respond to Sterpetti’s attempt to defend Kyle P. Stanford’s Problem of Unconceived Alternatives and his New Induction over the History of Science from my reductio argument outlined in Mizrahi :59–68, 2016a).
Mizrahi, Moti
core +2 more sources
Constitutive and depictive creativities in philosophy and critical thinking
This paper expounds two types of creativities in philosophy while exploring several influential philosophical views and thought experiments. The two types of creativities include constitutive creativity and depictive creativity.
Huiyuhl Yi
doaj +1 more source
Rene Girard and the phenomenology of mimetic desire [PDF]
René Girard has been critiqued for failing to ground his theory of mimetic desire in a discursive and philosophically robust framework. In order to meet this objection, I argue that René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire can be successfully motivated by ...
Gregory Moss
doaj +1 more source
On Gauge Invariance of the Bosonic Measure in Chiral Gauge Theories
Gauge invariance of the measure associated with the gauge field is usually taken for granted, in a general gauge theory. We furnish a proof of this invariance, within Fujikawa’s approach.
Gabriel de Lima e Silva +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Modal Logic vs. Ontological Argument [PDF]
The contemporary versions of the ontological argument that originated from Charles Hartshorne are formalized proofs based on unique modal theories. The simplest well-known theory of this kind arises from the b system of modal logic by adding two extra ...
Biłat, Andrezej
core +1 more source
Adversariality and Argumentation
The concept of adversariality, like that of argument, admits of significant variation. As a consequence, I argue, the question of adversarial argument has not been well understood.
John Casey
doaj +1 more source
In this paper, I appeal to a quantified counterfactual logic in order to argue that van Inwagen's new version of the Consequence Argument, unlike the original version of his argument, is logically valid.
Hausmann Marco
doaj +1 more source

