Talmudic Norms Approach to Mixtures with a Solution to the Paradox of the Heap: A Position Paper

in Beyond Faith and Rationality (2020)

This paper offers a Talmudic norms solution to the paradox of the heap. The claim is that the paradox arises because philosophers use the wrong language to discuss it. We need a language about objects ... [more ▼]

This paper offers a Talmudic norms solution to the paradox of the heap. The claim is that the paradox arises because philosophers use the wrong language to discuss it. We need a language about objects which is capable of expressing not only the declarative properties of the object (such as being a heap) but also how the object/heap was constructed. Such a view of objects comes from the Talmudic theory of mixtures. To this we add a first attempt at modelling the Talmudic normative theory of mixing (Talmudic calculus of Sorites). We seek a correlation between Talmudic positions on mixtures and philosophical positions on Sorites. The Talmud is very practical and cannot allow for any theoretically unresolved paradox to get in the way, and so it has a lot to offer to philosophy in general and to the heap paradox in particular. [less ▲]

The Handling of Loops in Talmudic Logic, with Application to Odd and Even Loops in Argumentation

in HOWARD-60: A Festschrift on the Occasion of Howard Barringer's 60th Birthday (2014)

Contrary to time conditionals in Talmudic logic

in Artificial Intelligence and Law (2012), 20(2), 145--179

Obligations and Prohibitions in Talmudic Deontic Logic

in DEON (2010)

This paper examines the deontic logic of the Talmud. We shall find, by looking at examples, that at first approximation we need deontic logic with several connectives: OTA Talmudic obligation FTA Talmudic ... [more ▼]

This paper examines the deontic logic of the Talmud. We shall find, by looking at examples, that at first approximation we need deontic logic with several connectives: OTA Talmudic obligation FTA Talmudic prohibition FDA Standard deontic prohibition ODA Standard deontic obligation [less ▲]