Logic Matrix Problem with instructions and explanation
SMITH, JOHNSON, AND COHEN LIVE IN BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, AND THE BRONX (NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER). THEY ARE FLYING TO NEW YOUK CITY IN A JET WHOSE PILOT, COPILOT, AND NAVIGATOR ARE NAMED SMYTHE, JENSON, AND KOHN (AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY RESPECTIVELY). IT IS KNOWN THAT A. COHEN LIVES IN THE BRONX B. JOHNSON IS DAF AND MUTE C. SMYTHE HAD A BRIEF FLING WITH THE COPILOT'S WIFE D. THE PASSENGER WHOSE NAME SOUNDS LIKE THE NAVIGATOR'S LIVES IN BROOKLYN. THE NAVIGATOR, HOWEVER, LIVES IN MANHATTAN. E. THE NAVIGATOR'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR, ONE OF THE PASSENGERS, IS A FAMOUS OPERA SINGER. WHAT ARE THE POSITIONS OF SMYTHE, JENSON, AND KOHN? (HINT: THERE ARE FOUR SETS OF INFORMATION. TWO MATRICE... click for more
Subject:
Philosophy
Topic:
Analytic Philosophy
Posting ID:
4646
OTA ID:
101746
David Hume's "Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding"
Hello, I've just started reading David Hume's "Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" and I'm trying to figure out why Hume argues (look in part 1 of Section 4) that knowledge of "causes & effects" can't be gained through reason alone? Why can't it be? I think it's logical that reason works alone sufficiently. Please explain without using Cliff notes or Spark notes ...just plain, simple language would be appreciated.
Subject:
Philosophy
Topic:
Analytic Philosophy
Posting ID:
10170
OTA ID:
103988
What are the consequences, according to Quine, of rejecting what he calls 'the two dogmas of empiricism?
Subject:
Philosophy
Topic:
Analytic Philosophy
Posting ID:
11251
OTA ID:
104079
How would you characterize the nature of the debate between Plato and Aristotle in terms of their philosophical worldviews?
Subject:
Philosophy
Topic:
Analytic Philosophy
Posting ID:
20917
OTA ID:
104432
Two people are debating on weather souls exist or not one person says they do and the other says they dont. Someone walks up who holds a Humean view and reads the last sentence of Hume's Inquiry: "When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion." That person then says that this means one of them is right and one of... click for more
Subject:
Philosophy
Topic:
Analytic Philosophy
Posting ID:
29718
OTA ID:
101746
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