Monthly Archives: September 2013

Grandfather’s Quantum Time Machine?

Posted on September 5, 2013 by tylerjourneaux

I tried to suggest in a recent post that perhaps we can think of an example of something which logic precludes, and physics does not, and I gave the example of a time-travel based paradox called the Grandfather Paradox. Perhaps, … Continue reading →

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Legal Positivist Construal of ‘Commands’ – A Very Superficial Pedantic Quibble

Posted on September 5, 2013 by tylerjourneaux

I’m studying philosophy of law (jurisprudence in the sense that it is about the structure and form of law) this semester, and I’ve been introduced to the idea of Legal Positivism (related to Logical Positivism only insofar as there is … Continue reading →

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Grandfather’s time machine; Physical possibility and logical impossibility

Posted on September 5, 2013 by tylerjourneaux

I have been tempted in the past to construe the relation of physical possibility to logical possibility as injective (i.e., that all physical possibilities are logical possibilities) but that there are many more logical possibilities than there are physical possibilities … Continue reading →

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Universal Sanction and belief in the reality of the past

Posted on September 3, 2013 by tylerjourneaux

Some philosophers suggest that a criteria for properly basic beliefs is required of those who posit proper basicality of beliefs. The criteria which is widely being either adopted or at least talked about is the criteria of universal sanction. In … Continue reading →

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