On a certain fallacy, or what Lewis Carroll’s paradox has in common with Hume’s problem Cover Image

O pewnym błędzie logicznym, czyli co paradoks Lewisa Carrolla ma wspólnego z problemem Hume’a
On a certain fallacy, or what Lewis Carroll’s paradox has in common with Hume’s problem

Author(s): Katarzyna Paprzycka-Hausman
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Uniwersytet Warszawski - Wydział Filozofii i Socjologii, Instytut Filozofii
Keywords: enthymeme; Hume’s problem; Lewis Carroll’s paradox

Summary/Abstract: The paper is a warning against an unreserved use of reasoning, which is designed to show that a premise in an argument is missing. The reasoning is susceptible to a common equivocation. As a result, it can be systematically misleading, making us judge that certain premises are missing where they are not. It is argued that the equivocation in question lies at the bottom of Lewis Carroll’s paradox, a version of Hume’s problem as well as some arguments in philosophy of mind and ethics. The paper is first and foremost a warning because it turns out that there is some didactic value in playing on the equivocation.

  • Issue Year: 16/2008
  • Issue No: 1 (61)
  • Page Range: 41-54
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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