This paper discusses recognizing and producing contradictions. After illustrating the phenomena of contradiction, the paper presents conceptual classes of contradiction and gives an overview of the how they can be recognized. The next part discusses the construction of contradictions, in particular with respect to contradicting historic events. The object of this paper is to examine the computa...

Abstract In ‘Swimming Happily in Chinese Logic’ (2021) I suggested that the root conception of knowing for ancient Mohists was knowing-as, a fits well with perspectivism Zhuangzi , key Daoist text. Drawing on Wittgenstein’s discussion both seeing-as and samples, developing analogy between explore various forms particular reference to Mozi attempting make sense epistemology thereby shed light wh...

In all large-scale genocides, rescuing occurs alongside killing. Some members of the aggressors’ ethnic group even risk their own lives to save members of the targeted group. Killing and rescuing occur closely together, and even the same persons may engage in both behaviors—killing on one occasion and rescuing on another. This article examines such cases—where the same individuals kill and resc...