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Conditionals and KK

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, we explore the tension between the KK thesis and an attractive principle concerning the assertability of conditionals. We explore the prospects for defending the KK thesis against the problems posed, and conclude that they are dim.
John Hawthorne, Yoaav Isaacs
wiley   +1 more source

BioLogical: a universal analysis framework for biosystem logical dynamics. [PDF]

open access: yesComput Struct Biotechnol J
Yao Y, Liu D, Zhang Z, Zhao C, Pei D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Can we repudiate ontology altogether?

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
Abstract Ontological nihilists repudiate ontology altogether, maintaining that ontological structure is an unnecessary addition to our theorizing. Recent defenses of the view involve a sophisticated combination of highly expressive but ontologically innocent languages combined with a metaphysics of features—non‐objectual, complete but modifiable states
Christopher J. Masterman
wiley   +1 more source

Reasons, rationality, and opaque sweetening: Hare's “No Reason” argument for taking the sugar

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
Abstract Caspar Hare presents a compelling argument for “taking the sugar” in cases of opaque sweetening: you have no reason to take the unsweetened option, and you have some reason to take the sweetened one. I argue that this argument fails—there is a perfectly good sense in which you do have a reason to take the unsweetened option. I suggest a way to
Ryan Doody
wiley   +1 more source

Symmetry lost: A modal ontological argument for atheism?

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
Abstract The modal ontological argument for God's existence faces a symmetry problem: a seemingly equally plausible reverse modal ontological argument can be given for God's nonexistence. Here, we argue that there are significant asymmetries between the modal ontological argument and its reverse that render the latter more compelling than the former ...
Peter Fritz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

African Perspectives on Decolonising Linguistics

open access: yes
Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
Felix Banda
wiley   +1 more source

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