Im sorry if this is not the right place to ask this.... but can anyone give me a clear straight forward explanation of Mally's Deontic Logic. Keeping in mind that i'm... well slow. Also, i just stumbled on it randomly, so i have no back ground once so ever. I understand if it's not possible... Either way it tickled my fancy, and i would be very grateful if someone would explain it to me. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Also please don’t be so base as to make fun of my non existing sentence structure and pathetic grammar. I know it’s tempting, but please don’t. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I took a look at some resources on the net on the subject and while I am certainly not an expert in this area my 'surface' take on Mally's Deontic Logic is that it's a way to represent a person's 'state of interpretation' and predict what morally-driven decisions could be made from that state.
Sure, Lets say that within the course of 10 seconds you witness the following events: * The room you are in grows very cold and so dark that you cannot see. * A gunshot is heard very nearby. * You hear a *thud*. * The room's temperature and lighting is restored. * You see yellow liquid on the wall. * FREEZE your thoughts here! At the moment your thoughts were frozen, you had an interpretation in your mind about what just transpired. This frozen moment of thought is a 'state of interpretation'. Does this make sense?
Can't really help with that unless I were to become competent in representing and predicting with that language. I suspect to achieve such competence it would take at least two weeks of dedicated all-day study and practice. Sorry, but I would consider this to be a very rare competency... I am not even sure it would be used outside of a classroom for that matter.
Possibly. It would mean a 2-week time investment on my part to become competent with it, and if it's really that important then I could be swayed to act as a consultant and educator for it. Of course, I would recommend finding someone whom has taught the subject before (I am sure such people can be found from online resources). My costs would be as follows if you're interested: 2 week study period (this is where I learn the language full-time): $8000 3 days to prepare coursework (full-time): $2400 3 weeks to teach the subject (full-time; I would expect 8-5 class attendance + homework): $12,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total cost: $22,400 USD Let me know if you would like to proceed. Thanks, -CC
hmmm tempting but no... i've lost interest in this topic already very short attention span, i'm the epitome of a bourgeois.
Not sure that 'middle class' and a short attention span are related; however, please let me know if you change your mind.
Bourgeois at times is used to describe a person that dabbles in many different things and is really good at none of them. It's really an insulting term that was often used by Marxists and bohemians. I really aught to have used bourgeoise as I am female, but you rarely see that in English.
Ahh, I see. Thanks for the explanation. 'Jack of all trades, but master of nothing' Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!.
It reminded me of the "trust" classes used in the Window$ NT domain authentication, which are explained by microsoft something like this