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How language and logic may sometimes be at odds 5 Articles

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    by Robin Johnson

    I often found it strange that language allows for people to say the strangest things. I could quite confidently in this text say, "What I am now saying is a lie," and be sure, according to the rules of language, that this ...read more

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    by Michael Aubrey

    Today only one news item coiled around my creative thoughts. It is a bit serious, so anyone expecting humor should probably satisfy that craving elsewhere. The subject was the extinction of many of the languages that still...read more

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    by Robert-Jan Milleker

    Any conversation will be characterised by a party advancing information ('the speaker'), and a party that is the recipient of information ('the listener'). Any conversation between a speaker and a listener will occur in te...read more

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    by Logos

    Logical Fallacies: The Tripping Stones OF Logic and The Weapons Of The Ignorant Logical fallacies are counterfeit arguments whose premises seem to support conclusion but really do not. The trick of fallacies is that the...read more

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    by Chaucer Crimmas

    So while trolling around on some random forums, a man posted this question "What is the difference between a man who is a philosopher, and a man who talks about philosophy?" And I thought what a great question, he also...read more

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