Greetings all,
This coming Monday, Jamie Dreier (Brown) will talk to us about "A
Failure of Modus Ponens". Philosophy common room, 1.00-2.30.
An argument due to Shakespeare demonstrates how modus ponens can fail
when embedded within or-elimination (or reductio ad absurdum). I start
with Shakespeare’s example, from a scene in King Henry V, involving
conditional evaluations. A second example involves conditional
probabilities, with no evaluations. I canvas alternatives to rejecting
modus ponens, and offer my own diagnosis.
For further information see the current projects website at
http://homepage.mac.com/centre.for.time/KristieMiller/Kristie/Home_Page.html
Dr. Kristie Miller
University of Sydney Research Fellow
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and
The Centre for Time
The University of Sydney
Sydney Australia
Room 411, A 18
[email protected]
[email protected]
Ph: 02 93569663
http://homepage.mac.com/centre.for.time/KristieMiller/Kristie/Home_Page.html
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