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10Neurosis vs. Psychosis: And Other Psychoanalytic VignettesJOHN-MICHAEL KUCZYNSKI. 2016.Some psychoanalytic truths are identified and some of their practical corollaries are identified.
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9ExistentialismAmazon Digital Services LLC. 2016.Do we choose our values or do our values choose us?
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9Functions, Bijections, and Mapping-RelationsJOHN-MICHAEL KUCZYNSKI. 2016.The significance of the concept of a mathematical transformation is explained. In particular, it is explained how to construct true statements concerning n-dimensional spaces, for arbitrary n, on the basis of true statements concerning two-dimensional spaces.
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9The Mathematics of the InfiniteAmazon Digital Services LLC. 2015.This book clearly explains what an infinite number is, how infinite numbers differ from finite numbers, and how infinite numbers differ from one another. The concept of recursivity is concisely but thoroughly covered, as are the concepts of cardinal and ordinal number. All of Cantor's key proofs are clearly stated, including his epoch-making diagonal proof, whereby he proved that that there are more reals than rationals and, more generally, that there are infinitely large, non-recursive classes.…Read more
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9Free Content Why Definite Descriptions Really are Referring TermsGrazer Philosophische Studien 68 (1): 45-79. 2005.According to Russell, '... the phi ...' means: 'exactly one object has phi and ... that object ...'. Strawson pointed out that, if somebody asked how many kings of France there were, it would be deeply inappropriate to respond by saying '... the king of France ...': the respondent appears to be presupposing the very thing that, under the circumstances, he ought to be asserting. But it would seem that if Russell's theory were correct, the respondent would be asserting exactly what he was asked to…Read more
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8SemanticsAmazon Digital Services LLC. 2016.This book concisely states the main laws and precepts of formal logic along with their immediate corollaries. Commentary is kept to a minimum.
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8Inductive Knowledge and Theoretical InferenceCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2015.According to David Hume, the concept of causation and probability are to be understood in terms of the concepts of similarity and repetition. In this book, it is shown that they are to be understood in terms of the concept of continuity. One corollary is that there is no legitimate basis for skepticism concerning the legitimacy of inductive inference. Another is that anti-realism about theoretical entities is misconceived.
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8Two Kinds of Insanity: And Other Philosophical PapersJOHN-MICHAEL KUCZYNSKI. 2016.This volume contains lively, yet penetrating examinations of issues of crucial importance, including: the nature of rationality, the different ways in which rationality can be corrupted, the nature of persistence in time, the nature of our knowledge of the future, and the nature of purely conceptual truths and our knowledge thereof.
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8Scientific PhilosophyAmazon Digital Services LLC. 2015.A rigorous examination of the assumptions underlying empirical inquiry, with special attention being paid to: *Causation *The relationship between the causal order and the spatiotemporal order *Probability (specifically, the distinction between statistical probability and explanatory probability) *Causation in relation to determinism *Different kinds of determinism *Causation in relation to prediction *Factors limiting the scope and accuracy of prediction *Data-modeling vs. truth-identif…Read more
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7Morbid Reflections: Short Papers on PsychopathologyAmazon Digital Services LLC. 2016.The following topics are discussed, from psychoanalytic, philosophical, and empirical perspectives: *Sociopathy *Pedantry *The nature of bureaucrats *The nature of bureaucratic institutions *Rationalization and Repression *The relationship between ignorance and mental health *The relationship sapience and mental illness *The relationship between ignorance and the ability to act *The relationship between hyper-sapience and the inability to act. *The psychological underpinnings of addict…Read more
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7Philosophical DictionaryJOHN-MICHAEL KUCZYNSKI. 2016.A dictionary of terms specific to analytic philosophy, written by the world's leading mathematical logician and analytic philosopher. Clear definitions, with explanations of the corresponding concepts, are given of such expressions as algorithm, entailment, function, functionalism, model (in both the scientific and the mathematical senses), and virtue theory.
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7Proof of the Incompleteness of Deductive LogicAmazon Digital Services LLC. 2016.This short work proves the incompleteness of deductive logic. In other words, it proves that there is no recursive definition of K, where K is the class of all systems of logic.
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7Three Kinds of UnconsciousnessPhilosophypedia. 2017.Double-think is more of a threat to psychical integrity than repression.
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6Life as Counter-entropyPhilosophypedia. 2017.Non-biological systems are entropic systems. Biological systems are counter-entropic systems.
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6What is an Intention?Amazon Digital Services LLC. 2016.In this briskly written volume, a case is made that a value is a belief as to how one live one's life if one's psychological architecture is to retain its integrity, and a case is thereby made that intention is an operationalized value. This analysis makes it possible to distinguish between minds that do and minds that do not host selves. (Selves are minds that have values; minds that are not selves do not.) The relationship between weakness of the will and self-deception is made clear, and it i…Read more
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6Quantum Physics and Universal Determinism: A DialogueAmazon Digital Services LLC. 2016.It is clearly explained how quantum physics is deterministic and how it is indeterministic, and it is also clearly said what Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle is.
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5Existence and NecessityAmazon Digital Services LLC. 2016.It is clearly explained: *What it is for a statement to be necessarily true, *Why necessity, possibility, existence, and non-existence are properties of propositions (truths and falsehoods), not of objects or states of affairs, *What conditions a class of expressions must meet if the expressions belonging to it jointly constitute a single language, *The significance for meta-linguistic research of the concepts of systematicity and productivity, as Chomsky defines these terms, and the relevan…Read more
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5What are Emotions?mazon Digital Services LLC. unknown2016.Scholars and laymen generally assume that emotions are not judgments---that whereas judgments are expressions of rationality, emotions are expressions of irrationality. In this concise volume, it is shown that emotions are in fact judgments, with the qualification that emotions are hewed to an egocentric frame of reference, whereas garden-variety judgments are hewed to a non-egocentric frame of reference.
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4The Mind-body ProblemJOHN-MICHAEL KUCZYNSKI. 2016.In this book, each of the possible positions concerning the relationship between mind and body is clearly explained and thoroughly critiqued. It is concluded that, although mental events are identical with physical events, mentalistic statements are not equivalent with physicalistic statements. It is also shown that the way in which mentalistic statements are non-equivalent with physicalistic statements is deeper than the way in which biological statements are non-equivalent with microphysical s…Read more
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4Nietzsche on Slave Morality and Master Morality: Good Psychology, Bad SociologyPhilosophypedia. 2021.Nietzsche distinguishes between “slave morality” (the morality of the weak) and “master morality” (the morality of the strong), and he believes the structure of modern society to be rooted in slave morality. According to Nietzsche, slave morality is the morality of modern “bourgeois” (commerce-based) society, whereas “master morality” was the morality of ancient caste-based societies. In this paper, I argue for the legitimacy of the distinction between these two kinds of morality but argue again…Read more
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4What is Knowledge?: A Crash-course in EpistemologyPhilosophypedia. 2018.It is made clear what knowledge is and how we acquire it. It is also explained how we can have knowledge of the future, the past, the possible, the imperceptible, and the non-existent. The Gettier problem is solved, and it is proved that we have a priori knowledge, as well as knowledge of non-trivial but purely analytic truths.
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4Russell's Mathematical PhilosophyCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform. 2015.This book states, illustrates, and evaluates the main points of Russell's Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy. This book also contains a thorough exposition of the fundamentals of set theory, including Cantor's groundbreaking investigations into the theory of transfinite numbers. Topics covered include: *Cardinal number (Frege's analysis) *Cardinal number (von Neumann's analysis) *Ordinal number *Isomorphism *Mathematical induction *Limits and continuity *The arithmetic of transfinites *S…Read more
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4Can one grasp propositions without knowing a language?Teorema: International Journal of Philosophy 24 (2): 43-63. 2005.
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3Dictionary of Analytic PhilosophyPhilosophypedia. 2019.Key terms of analytic philosophy defined.
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3EthicsAmazon Digital Services LLC. 2015.A brisk introduction to the basic problems of ethics, this work consists of sharp, deep answers to foundational questions: *Do legal obligations have moral weight? *Can one act immorally towards oneself? *What is the objective basis of legitimate moral claims? *How do we know right from wrong? *How can there be moral responsibility in a deterministic world? Rigorous yet approachable, this work is an ideal introduction to analytic ethics and value theory.
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1Women view hypersexuality on their part as being about not subordinating their sexuality to their prospective wifely and motherly duties. Thus, women see hyper-sexuality on their part as a form of rebelling.
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1Why so much psychosis and psychopathy in the United States?J.-M. Kuczynski. 2017.A fictitious dialogue in which an answer is given to the question: Why are the rates of psychosis and psychopathy in the United States so high?
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1Nach David Hume ist das Konzept der Kausalität und Wahrscheinlichkeit in Begriffen von Ähnlichkeit und Wiederholung zu verstehen. In diesem Buch wird gezeigt, dass Sie in Bezug auf das Konzept der Kontinuität zu verstehen sind. Eine logische Folge ist, dass es keine legitime Grundlage für Skepsis hinsichtlich der Legitimität der induktiven Folgerung gibt. Ein weiterer ist, dass Anti-Realismus über theoretische Entitäten ist undenkbar.
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1Why Star Trek was Such a Good Show: A Freudian AnalysisFreud Institute. 2018.Freud divided people in three libidinal types: narcissist (doer), obsessional (thinker), and libidinal (lover). Kirk (narcissist), Spock (obsessional) and McCoy (libidinal) complemented each other, giving the show depth and balance.
University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD, 2006
Areas of Specialization
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |