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Ideas for 'The Gettier Problem', 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth' and 'Externalist Theories of Empirical Knowledge'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

3746	Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor]
	Full Idea: If sentences can have truth-values only when they occur as asserted, it would be impossible to have a truth-functional basis to logic.
	From: D.J. O'Connor (The Correspondence Theory of Truth [1975], Ch.6)

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / e. The Lottery paradox

4261	The Lottery Paradox says each ticket is likely to lose, so there probably won't be a winner [Bonjour, by PG]
	Full Idea: The Lottery Paradox says that for 100 tickets and one winner, each ticket has a .99 likelihood of defeat, so they are all likely to lose, so there is unlikely to be a winner.
	From: report of Laurence Bonjour (Externalist Theories of Empirical Knowledge [1980], §5) by PG - Db (ideas)
	A reaction: The problem seems to be viewing each ticket in isolation. If I buy two tickets, I increase my chances of winning.