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The Problem of Superplurals
Super plurals are statements that are true of pluralities of things, but in which the truth cannot be composed of the parts. So “Those folks wear black t-shirts” is not super plural since it is dependent on each of “those folks” wearing black shirts, but “those folks co-operate” truth conditions are dependent on some property…
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What would Hume say about Zeno? Part 1
Hume said metaphysics was “the inevitable source of uncertainty and error”. Metaphysical theories “arise either from the fruitless efforts of human vanity, which would penetrate into subjects utterly inaccessible to the understanding, or from the craft of popular superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these entangling branches to cover and…
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“Tony, (confidentially) you are a fuckwit.”
What was the last “Abbott administration” like? Meet Tony Abbott, 1979 president of the Sydney University Students Representative Council: “It seems an immutable fact of human nature that most people like to exercise power if they can. How often do we hear bureaucrats asserting some or other community ‘need’ and suspect that what really is…