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Vikram Sethi

Contributor · Member since May 2026

I teach mathematics at a senior secondary school in Delhi. Logic, paradoxes and the history of Indian mathematics are my weekend reading.

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What’s the difference between deduction, induction and abduction?

Question Vikram Sethi
Scientific method #abduction #inference

Awaiting answer

1reply

1d
The sorites paradox and my pile of exam scripts

Discussion Vikram Sethi
Fallacies & paradoxes #sorites #vagueness

Last reply Giulia Ferrante

2replies

8d
Did Indian mathematicians have a philosophy of zero?

Question Vikram Sethi
Philosophy of mathematics Indian #history-of-mathematics #zero

Open question

3replies

25d
The actual infinite is a useful fiction, not something real

Debate Vikram Sethi
Philosophy of mathematics Analytic Greek & Roman Aristotle #finitism #infinity

For 1Against 3

5replies

Sep 2026
Why is “begging the question” not the same as “raising the question”?

Question Vikram Sethi
Fallacies & paradoxes #begging-the-question #fallacies

✓ Answered

3replies

Aug 2026
The Nyaya five-membered syllogism versus Aristotle’s three

Discussion Vikram Sethi
Logic & argument Greek & Roman Indian Aristotle #nyaya #syllogism

Last reply Vikram Sethi

4replies

Aug 2026