Fw: ' possible' reply to Bruno Marchal

From: Lennart Nilsson <leonard.nilsson.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:27:40 +0200

----- Original Message -----
From: terrysavage
To: avoid-l.domain.name.hidden
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: ' possible' reply to Bruno Marchal


Chris,
   You are correct. Moreover, my position is stronger than you imply. I am not only 'unimpressed', I think that Modal logic is just another path into woo-woo land.

terry savage


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Chris Savage
  To: avoid-l.domain.name.hidden
  Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 6:18 AM
  Subject: RE: ' possible' reply to Bruno Marchal


    -----Original Message-----
    From: terrysavage [mailto:terrysavage.domain.name.hidden]
    Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 2:18 PM
    To: avoid-l.domain.name.hidden
    Subject: ' possible' reply to Bruno Marchal


>> In an earlier note, (Re:Impossibilities,08/02/2002, 9:26) I made some dismissive comments about the terms 'possibility' and 'necessity'. For reasons I don't quite understand, these were forwarded to Bruno Marchal. Bruno, in turn, responded with views of his own, (via, Lennart Nilsson, Fw:Am I a Token or a Type, 08/06/2002, 8:07) and suggested (politely) that I was behind the times in the study of Modal Logic. He was right. <<

    <snip>

    But when all the dust settles, I take it, you remain unimpressed with Modal Logic as a means to advance our understanding of language, or science?

    Chris S.



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