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Volume 2 (2011)
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Number of Articles: 7
A Critical Pondering in Using Second-order Quantifier in Analyzing Cogent Conditional
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, Pages 1-23
Abstract
The current paper is an attempt to analyze the the Avicennian Cogent conditional quantifier based on Second-order Logic. Contemporary researchers have provided various formalizations of Avicennian conditionals to the Modern Logic language. A major difference between these formalizations is the analysis ... Read MoreSupervaluationism, Vagueness and the Sorites Paradox
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, Pages 25-48
Abstract
In this paper I expose and evaluate supervaluationist theory of vagueness. Specially, I concentrate on the standard version of it. This criticism is twofold: first, this theory cannot model all intuitions about vague predicates and though it select a proper subset of these intuitions, its preference ... Read MoreAn Analysis of The Liar Paradox Withing The Framework of The Theory of Structured Propositions
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, Pages 49-61
Abstract
The Liar is a self-referential sentence which says that it is false. In this article, we will first show that the main two traditional and well-known solutions of this paradox cannot survive a serious scrutiny. Then, we will use two important premises to introduce a new solution for the problem. The ... Read MorePriest on Impossible Worlds and Intentional Contexts
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, Pages 63-84
Abstract
Hintikkain analysis of the semantics of epistemic logic, according to respond to the problem of logical omniscience, used Impossible Worlds. It was the first appearance of the term Impossible World. Graham Priest also appeals to Impossible Worlds in analysis of intentional contexts. After an exposition ... Read MorePorphyry's Aristotelian Definitions for Genus and Species A Comparison Between Ibn Sina and Barthes' Understanding
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, Pages 85-102
Abstract
In his Isagoge, Porphyry provides circular definitions for genus and species; and to justify this point, following Aristotle, he attaches emphasis to correlation between the two concepts and that the definitions for two correlative concepts should be circular. Ibn Sina, however, interprets Aristotelian ... Read MoreModern Logical Analysis of the Threefold Generalities of Principles of Jurisprudence
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, Pages 103-126
Abstract
Faqihs and Osulians have dealt with some kinds of universality which are 1. “distributive”, “separative” or “inclusive universality”, 2. “aggregative”, “collective” or “cumulative universality”, and 3. “alternative universality”. ... Read MoreWhat the Tortoise Said to Achilles?
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, Pages 127-148