Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

I am interrupting my series on Sanger’s Gettier paper to share this New Yorker cartoon. Benjamin Franklin, among others, is reported to have said, “… in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Shall … Continue reading →

Alternative Title: Review of Robert Sanger, “Gettier in a Court of Law” (Part 4) If you go back to my previous posts in this series (see here and here, for example), you will notice that they all involve photographic evidence … Continue reading →

Alternative Title: Review of Robert Sanger, “Gettier in a Court of Law” (Part 3) I want to continue my review of Sanger’s paper “Gettier in a Court of Law” by returning to the Zapruder film of the assassination of JFK. … Continue reading →

Alternative Title: Review of Robert Sanger, “Gettier in a Court of Law” (Part 2) Picking up where we left off in my previous post, let’s now turn to the second part of Professor Sanger’s Gettier paper, where he shows how … Continue reading →

I am interrupting my series of blog posts on “the Zapruder film and the Gettier problem” (see my previous post, for example) to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the last day of the infamous Zoot Suit Riots, which occurred over … Continue reading →

Alternative Title: Review of Robert Sanger, “Gettier in a Court of Law” (Part 1) Now that I am back from my short beach vacation, I want to turn my attention to Bob Sanger’s beautiful 2018 paper “Gettier in a Court … Continue reading →

Check out this beautiful paper by Jöran Friberg: “A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts” — the final page of which is pictured below — hat tip: @pickover.

Are you ready to fly to Mars? In addition to my summer readings (see my previous post), I have also read this fascinating essay titled “The profound potential of Elon Musk’s new rocket: an aerospace engineer explains why SpaceX’s Starship … Continue reading →