Dmitry Chernikov’s Blog

According to Time, “You have millions of Americans who are yearning to be more involved in the world and in their communities.” No, no, no. They must mean, “You have millions of Americans who are yearning to be forced to be more involved in the world and in their communities.” This could never get off [...]

A “material” conditional is so called, because it abstracts from the “form” of the propositions, that is, their meaning and reference and considers only their matter, that is, their truth values. Thus, (1) “There are witches on Mars” ↔ “2 + 2 = 5″ is true, since False is equivalent to False. The two propositions [...]

With respect to material objects, a thing remains the same if and only if its four causes remain the same. But given even the slightest change even in one of the causes, the old thing corrupts and a new thing is generated. Thus, you can’t bathe in the same river twice, because, though the river’s [...]