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Patrick Grim

Patrick Grim is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Titles by This Author

The Philosophical Computer

Exploratory Essays in Philosophical Computer Modeling
By Patrick Grim, Gary R. Mar and Paul St. Denis


Philosophical modeling is as old as philosophy itself; examples range from Plato's Cave and the Divided Line to Rawls's original position. What is new are the astounding computational resources now available for philosophical modeling. Although the computer cannot offer a substitute for philosophical research, it can offer an important new environment for philosophical research.

The Incomplete Universe

Totality, Knowledge, and Truth
By Patrick Grim

The central claim of this powerful philosophical exploration is that within any logic we have, there can be no coherent notion of all truth or of total knowledge. Grim examines a series of logical paradoxes and related formal results to reveal their implications for contemporary epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion.