17 ideas
| 2510 | Traditionally philosophy is an a priori enquiry into general truths about reality [Katz] |
| 2516 | Most of philosophy begins where science leaves off [Katz] |
| 2521 | 'Real' maths objects have no causal role, no determinate reference, and no abstract/concrete distinction [Katz] |
| 2513 | We don't have a clear enough sense of meaning to pronounce some sentences meaningless or just analytic [Katz] |
| 7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
| 2522 | Experience cannot teach us why maths and logic are necessary [Katz] |
| 7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
| 7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
| 2517 | Structuralists see meaning behaviouristically, and Chomsky says nothing about it [Katz] |
| 2519 | It is generally accepted that sense is defined as the determiner of reference [Katz] |
| 2520 | Sense determines meaning and synonymy, not referential properties like denotation and truth [Katz] |
| 2518 | Sentences are abstract types (like musical scores), not individual tokens [Katz] |
| 7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
| 7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
| 20239 | Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche] |
| 7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
| 7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |