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Tag Archives: Particular Affirmative Propositions
Matthew Wright on Intelligent Aliens
One of my favorite blogs is Matthew Wright’s Matthew Wright. A post illustrating nicely why I enjoy what he writes is the “Are we so arrogant to suppose [intelligent] aliens will be like us?” appearing yesterday. In the present post … Continue reading
Posted in Alien Intelligence, Intelligence
Tagged Alien Intelligence, Intelligence, Matthew Wright, Particular Affirmative Propositions, Particular Negative Propositions, Reflexivity of Identity, Symmetry of Identity, Transitivity of Identity, Universal Affirmative Propositions, Universal Negative Propositions
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A Note on Logic and Political Discourse
One of the things that professors of philosophy and logic should teach very early on is the importance of the distinction between a “universal” affirmative proposition, such as “All bloggers are boring,” and a “particular” affirmative proposition, such as “Some … Continue reading
The Maverick and the Philosopher
0. I have long been puzzled by the difference between the two kinds of posts one sees published on the blog, Maverick Philosopher. One kind, one of the latest members of which is his post of December 31, 2014, “John … Continue reading
The Simplest Options Possible in the Theory of Identity in Concise Statement
0. In the course of my continued reading and rereading Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., Reality. A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought,* it has occurred to me that the simplest options possible in the theory of identity are susceptible of very concise statement. … Continue reading
Posted in Ontology, Theory of Identity
Tagged Aristotelianism, Classical Rationalism, Contradiction, Contrariety, Heraclitus, Implication, Moderate Pluralism, Monism, Ontology, Parmenides, Particular Affirmative Propositions, Particular Negative Propositions, Radical Heraclitianism, Radical Parmenideanism, Reflexivity of Identity, Theory of Identity, Thesis of the Irreflexivity of Identity, Universal Affirmative Propositions, Universal Negative Propositions
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After Aristotle 
Aquinas’s Argument That One Science Must “Rule” the Others. A Critical Assessment.
0. This post is the second in a series dedicated to a sustained reading of and commentary upon Aquinas’s Commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. In my immediately previous post, I stated that this post would be focused upon the … Continue reading →