7 ideas
17896 | We need to know the meaning of 'and', prior to its role in reasoning [Prior,AN, by Belnap] |
17898 | Prior's 'tonk' is inconsistent, since it allows the non-conservative inference A |- B [Belnap on Prior,AN] |
11021 | Prior rejected accounts of logical connectives by inference pattern, with 'tonk' his absurd example [Prior,AN, by Read] |
13836 | Maybe introducing or defining logical connectives by rules of inference leads to absurdity [Prior,AN, by Hacking] |
10855 | Actual infinities are not allowed in mathematics - only limits which may increase without bound [Gauss] |
23226 | There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs [Cobb] |
23216 | The brain is not passive, and merely processing inputs; it is active, and intervenes in the world [Cobb] |