Truth, Goodness, and Beauty     The members of this hallowed platonic trinity are supposed to belong tightly together like a family. What I want to point out is that theories of these three things also form a family; in particular, theories of truth find counterparts in theories of goodness and […]

                                        Knowledge of One’s Visual Field     The human visual field is limited and known by us to be limited. It is possible to establish its extent and shape by the strategic placement of stimuli: about 180 degrees and roundish (corresponding to the optics of the eye). We normally don’t pay much […]

                                                    Induction Reconfigured     Some critics of induction have charged that it is simply a logical fallacy to reason inductively. If induction is inferring a general conclusion from particular cases, then the conclusion patently doesn’t follow from the premises. How can we validly infer that all swans are white from the premise […]

                                                            The Cogito       There have been many criticisms of the Cogito and many versions of it (some preceding Descartes’ version). Lichtenberg’s criticism has been influential: all we know with certainty is that there are thoughts occurring, not that there exists someone having those thoughts. We introspect our thoughts and thereby […]