To φ Or Not To φ (Daily Nous Philosophy Comics)
To φ Or Not To φ
by Tanya Kostochka
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Excuse my ignorance but what does the symbol mean?
Do you mean this symbol: φ ? That’s the Greek letter phi (it’s pronounced ‘fee’, so it rhymes with ‘be’, thus the name is a pun on Hamlet). Philosophers tend to use it as a variable to talk about actions in sentences like: If S intends to φ, then S must believe that …
Whaaaa – I’ve always pronounced it ‘fie’ so it rhymes with ‘pie’. Have I been wrong all this time?