Bad Statistics http://j.mp/10Szndc
@St_Rev Yes, exactly. The paper is “good” because it at least makes that assumption explicit; everyone else does it without thinking.
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@Meaningness & if it is a theorem, yay, you now have a definition of 'proposition-existence', show how well it models folk-existence. -
@St_Rev His thesis 3, first para, rejects folk (“undergraduate”) theory of existence, which is that it is an overloaded/polysemic concept. - 12 more replies
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@Meaningness 'but that's not the point!' 'maybe it isn't if your goal is to impress the tenure committee but that's what I'd do' -
@St_Rev Analytic philosophy has diverged into bubble-world of arcane and pointless ritual criteria. Unfortunately, same for Continental phi.
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@Meaningness Reading the first few pages made me think 'well, so maybe existence is a terminal object in the category of propositions?'Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness ...'so that's a theorem, prove it or find a counterexample, stop all this waffling'.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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