10 ideas
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
9455 | Maybe proper names have the content of fixing a thing's category [Bealer] |
9454 | The four leading theories of definite descriptions are Frege's, Russell's, Evans's, and Prior's [Bealer] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
12887 | A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
9453 | Sentences saying the same with the same rigid designators may still express different propositions [Bealer] |
9452 | Propositions might be reduced to functions (worlds to truth values), or ordered sets of properties and relations [Bealer] |
9451 | Modal logic and brain science have reaffirmed traditional belief in propositions [Bealer] |