In Good Company

The long awaited (by me, at least) article by Paolo Mancosu on the Good Company objection has been out in the Review for a few months and I missed it.  You probably didn't, if you care about these things, but anyway: In a recent article (Mancosu, 2009), I have explored the historical, mathematical, and philosophical … Continue reading In Good Company

Vienna Circle Exhibition

As part of the 650-year celebration of the University of Vienna, the Institute Vienna Circle is putting on an exhibition on the Vienna Circle. The exhibition opens tomorrow. A central part of our exhibition will be devoted to the history of the racist and political persecution of intellectuals and scholars, leading to the exodus of … Continue reading Vienna Circle Exhibition

Git for Philosophers (pt. 2)

Continues Git for Philosophers (pt. 1) Collaborative Writing with Git Collaborative writing presents similar issues as collaborative programming: different people making changes to the same document from different locations. Sending the document back and forth is inefficient: only one person can work on it at a time, and there is a risk of changes being … Continue reading Git for Philosophers (pt. 2)

Nerdiest Paper Ever? Green, Rossberg, Ebert on the Typography of Frege’s Grundgesetze

In the most recent issue of the Bulletin, J. J. Green, Marcus Rossberg and Philip Ebert discuss the typography of Frege's Grundgesetze. J. J. Green, Marcus Rossberg and Philip A. Ebert, “The Convenience of the Typesetter; Notation and Typography in Frege’s Grundgesetze der Arithmetik”, Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, vol. 21, no. 1, 15–30, Mar. 2015. … Continue reading Nerdiest Paper Ever? Green, Rossberg, Ebert on the Typography of Frege’s Grundgesetze

Natural Deduction for the Sheffer Stroke and Peirce’s Arrow

A li'l paper I wrote in response to a question/conversation with Allen Hazen and Jeff Pelletier a couple of months ago went online today in the Journal  Philosophical Logic: Natural Deduction for the Sheffer Stroke and Peirce’s Arrow (and any Other Truth-Functional Connective) (If you're not blessed with a Springer Link subscription, there's a preprint … Continue reading Natural Deduction for the Sheffer Stroke and Peirce’s Arrow

Open Logic Project

A new open-source advanced logic text, announced earlier this week on the new blog: richardzach.org.  Please update your links and subscriptions.