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Volume 72 (2017), 4

Discussions - Polemics

(Original title: Jazyk a metóda metafilozofie)
Filozofia, 72 (2017), 4, 312-324.
Abstract

The article deals primarily with the Wittgensteinian contributions to metaphilosophy as rendered in the book Metaphilosophical investigations (T. Čana – D. Kamhal – R. Maco 2015). It focuses on the language and methods of the metaphilosophical elucidations and, in some cases, puts these elucidations under criticism for an incorrect usage of the key concepts.… Read more

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(Original title: A Solution to the Surprise Exam Paradox)
Filozofia, 72 (2017), 4, 325-327.
Abstract

The students’ argument against the possibility of a surprise exam assumes that the following combination would not occur: the teacher decides to give the exam on a certain day; the teacher believes that the exam would be a surprise on that day; but, actually, the exam would not be a surprise on that day. I give a reason to reject this assumption, and I point out… Read more

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