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One way of interpreting the symbol at the end of yesterday's post is via the phrase "necessary possibility." See that phrase in (for instance) a post of July 24,…
(Continued) A review of this date in 2005 — Modal Theology "We symbolize logical necessity with the box () and logical possibility with the diamond ()." — Keith Allen Korcz And what…
For Tony Kushner fans: For logic fans: John Searle on Derrida: In the box-diamond notation, the axiom Searle quotes is . "The euclidean property guarantees the truth of…
Philosophical Investigations (1953)— 97. Thought is surrounded by a halo. —Its essence, logic, presents an order, in fact the a priori order of the world: that is, the…
One or Two Ideas Today's birthday: Piet Mondrian From James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: he hearth and began to stroke…
The Gift Robert Stone, A Flag for Sunrise: "'That old Jew gave me this here.' Egan looked at the diamond. 'I ain't giving this to you, understand?…
For Balanchine's Birthday (continued from January 9, 2003) George Balanchine Encyclopædia Britannica Article born January 22 [January 9, Old Style], 1904, St. Petersburg, Russia died April 30, 1983,…
Tools of Christ Church "For every kind of vampire, there is a kind of cross." — Thomas Pynchon Click on picture for details. Today is the feast of…
Mate in Two Seconds From Oct. 14 last year: From Oct. 13 last year (Yom Kippur): A Poem for Pinter Oct. 13, 2005 The Guardian on Harold Pinter,…
The Case An entry suggested by today's New York Times story by Tom Zeller Jr., A Million Little Skeptics: From The Hustler, by Walter Tevis: The only light…