In Reference and Existence, Kripke offers four key positions: A causal theory of names, an ontology of fictional characters, the Pretense Principle, and a method for evaluating solutions to problems a… more →
Philosophical Sketcheswrote 9 hours ago: So at one point in my life I went to a specialty shop and paid for a snake to live in my house. A wo … more →
wrote 20 hours ago: This year, to get a feel of Asia and break the sameness of life, even for a brief moment, we will be … more →
wrote 1 day ago: The Bulgarian language is rich in idioms, sayings and proverbs. While many are difficult to translat … more →
wrote 1 day ago: May 31th 2012 The West African women are warm and welcoming. I am here to observe their conversation … more →
wrote 1 day ago: Bill McCallum writes in the comments here at OMT: I don’t think that effort [to define terms such " … more →
wrote 1 day ago: (google images) This is a reprint of a blog I posted last year…I suppose it still “holds … more →
wrote 1 day ago: The Greatest Show on Legs – the pubic face of silly censorship Comedy critic Kate Copstick mad … more →
wrote 1 day ago: Here’s the deal. Welcome to Part II of my multi-part series, Makya McBee addresses the issue of anti … more →
wrote 2 days ago: In recent years, I’ve been seeing the word “gender” increasingly substituted for t … more →
wrote 2 days ago: language should be unnecessary, toxic even, bile dripping off our tongues. what is the purpose of an … more →
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wrote 2 days ago: The common saying is that the eyes are the window to the soul. That may be. But the best window into … more →
wrote 2 days ago: Little Red Riding Hood There was once a young person named Red Riding Hood who lived with her mother … more →
wrote 3 days ago: Credit: WikiCommons My article is up over at CatholicMom.com: Oddly enough, it was postpartum hazine … more →
wrote 3 days ago: Welcome to a tour of the Go programming language. The tour is divided into three sections. At the en … more →
wrote 3 days ago: I have spent this weekend speaking more German than I have in the entire time I have been in Germany … more →
wrote 4 days ago: GCSE results for EAL students are doing well in inner London but not as well in the East of England, … more →
wrote 4 days ago: Here’s the deal. Most proverbs are quite old. And it’s a proven, scientific fact that old things are … more →
wrote 5 days ago: So I’ve talked quite a bit about where I’ve been and what I liked when I’ve travel … more →