Keith’s Conundrums: Naming and Possibility
An investigation into the function, if any, of names.
Category: philosophy
Keith’s Conundrums: Are We Classically Computational or Something Else?
Answers from May, and a new question: Are we classically computational or something else?
Keith’s Conundrums: Existential Quantifiers
Answers from April, and a puzzle about existential quantifiers: Are we in danger of proving the existence of gods by logic alone?
In Memoriam: Judith Jarvis Thompson
Mark Maharaj The philosopher Judith Jarvis Thompson died on November 20, 2020. She was 91. Known for her work on a variety of issues in normative ethics, applied ethics, meta-ethics, and metaphysics, Thompson was professor emerita at MIT. She was the originator of the “Violinist” thought experiment used to demonstrate the concept of bodily autonomy…