Ásgeir Berg
@asgeirberg.bsky.social
Reposted by Ásgeir Berg
I find it striking that philosophers find denying the assumption that if a singular term refers in a true statement its referent must exist to be less plausible than the idea that there are infinitely many worlds, inaccessible to us, to provide all those objects.
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I find it striking that philosophers find denying the assumption that if a singular term refers in a true statement its referent must exist to be less plausible than the idea that there are infinitely many worlds, inaccessible to us, to provide all those objects.
Just to add to this, as far as I can see, Timothy Williamson thinks that when Socrates died, he became an abstract object, because if he hadn't lots of true sentences where "Socrates" occurs as a singular term would have become false.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just to add to this, as far as I can see, Timothy Williamson thinks that when Socrates died, he became an abstract object, because if he hadn't lots of true sentences where "Socrates" occurs as a singular term would have become false.
I find it striking that philosophers find denying the assumption that if a singular term refers in a true statement its referent must exist to be less plausible than the idea that there are infinitely many worlds, inaccessible to us, to provide all those objects.
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I find it striking that philosophers find denying the assumption that if a singular term refers in a true statement its referent must exist to be less plausible than the idea that there are infinitely many worlds, inaccessible to us, to provide all those objects.
Trump doesn't. But I think it can definitely help in some cases. Keir Starmer is messing up being PM in the UK probably for that reason.
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Trump doesn't. But I think it can definitely help in some cases. Keir Starmer is messing up being PM in the UK probably for that reason.
That's fair, and I think it can also be helpful in getting 1).
Keir Starmer is totally failing at 1) right now in the UK, and a big reason for that is that he doesn't seem to have many very strong views.
Keir Starmer is totally failing at 1) right now in the UK, and a big reason for that is that he doesn't seem to have many very strong views.
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
That's fair, and I think it can also be helpful in getting 1).
Keir Starmer is totally failing at 1) right now in the UK, and a big reason for that is that he doesn't seem to have many very strong views.
Keir Starmer is totally failing at 1) right now in the UK, and a big reason for that is that he doesn't seem to have many very strong views.
No, but I am not reading 1) that strongly—it doesn't exclude having strong views, just letting those strong views get in the way of 1)—which people on the non-right (I don't consider most Democrats left-wing) consistently fail to do.
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
No, but I am not reading 1) that strongly—it doesn't exclude having strong views, just letting those strong views get in the way of 1)—which people on the non-right (I don't consider most Democrats left-wing) consistently fail to do.
Of course, but if you fail at 1., your strongly held beliefs don't matter.
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Of course, but if you fail at 1., your strongly held beliefs don't matter.
Það vantar verulega mikið upp á fræðslu til almennings um þessi mál á Íslandi, ekki bara um þetta einstaka dæmi.
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Það vantar verulega mikið upp á fræðslu til almennings um þessi mál á Íslandi, ekki bara um þetta einstaka dæmi.
Surely this must depend on the location. In any place I know, it's the total opposite.
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Surely this must depend on the location. In any place I know, it's the total opposite.
In one of these, I had the option to choose "Wing Commander".
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In one of these, I had the option to choose "Wing Commander".
(Ég var að reyna að kommenta eins og hálfviti sem trúir ekki á loftslagsbreytingar. Hvernig tókst mér upp?)
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
(Ég var að reyna að kommenta eins og hálfviti sem trúir ekki á loftslagsbreytingar. Hvernig tókst mér upp?)
And yet, there is still debate over if it is appropriate to call this fascism. It's absurd.
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
And yet, there is still debate over if it is appropriate to call this fascism. It's absurd.
A friend of mine recently did oral exams for everyone in his modules.
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A friend of mine recently did oral exams for everyone in his modules.
By saying "I do", you mean?
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
By saying "I do", you mean?
That's exactly what I thought, too. That if it's just a pronouncement, then whatever was being pronounced must have already happened.
But that's still puzzling—why did it happen?
But that's still puzzling—why did it happen?
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
That's exactly what I thought, too. That if it's just a pronouncement, then whatever was being pronounced must have already happened.
But that's still puzzling—why did it happen?
But that's still puzzling—why did it happen?
So, when the priest performs his speech act, "I now pronounce you husband and wife" (that's what they say in the movies, I realised I have no idea what they actually say), what is the relationship of that to the marrying?
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
So, when the priest performs his speech act, "I now pronounce you husband and wife" (that's what they say in the movies, I realised I have no idea what they actually say), what is the relationship of that to the marrying?
By "they" you mean, "the couple themselves"?
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
By "they" you mean, "the couple themselves"?
Þeir vissu greinilega ekki að það er nóg að gefa bara peninga í eitt lið á staðnum.
October 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Þeir vissu greinilega ekki að það er nóg að gefa bara peninga í eitt lið á staðnum.
On the model of "psychomachy", "psychiatry" and "psychotherapy" would seem to be the best options, unfortunately. None of these imply self-healing, however (or self-fighting).
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On the model of "psychomachy", "psychiatry" and "psychotherapy" would seem to be the best options, unfortunately. None of these imply self-healing, however (or self-fighting).
My grandfather and his brother both had the same name because my great-grandparents assumed that the one of them would die.
October 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
My grandfather and his brother both had the same name because my great-grandparents assumed that the one of them would die.