21 ideas
13011 | New axioms are being sought, to determine the size of the continuum [Maddy] |
13013 | The Axiom of Extensionality seems to be analytic [Maddy] |
13014 | Extensional sets are clearer, simpler, unique and expressive [Maddy] |
13021 | The Axiom of Infinity states Cantor's breakthrough that launched modern mathematics [Maddy] |
13022 | Infinite sets are essential for giving an account of the real numbers [Maddy] |
13023 | The Power Set Axiom is needed for, and supported by, accounts of the continuum [Maddy] |
13024 | Efforts to prove the Axiom of Choice have failed [Maddy] |
13025 | Modern views say the Choice set exists, even if it can't be constructed [Maddy] |
13026 | A large array of theorems depend on the Axiom of Choice [Maddy] |
13019 | The Iterative Conception says everything appears at a stage, derived from the preceding appearances [Maddy] |
13018 | Limitation of Size is a vague intuition that over-large sets may generate paradoxes [Maddy] |
9038 | We must distinguish what the speaker denotes by a name, from what the name denotes [Evans] |
5824 | How can an expression be a name, if names can change their denotation? [Evans] |
9042 | A private intention won't give a name a denotation; the practice needs it to be made public [Evans] |
9041 | The Causal Theory of Names is wrong, since the name 'Madagascar' actually changed denotation [Evans] |
3061 | Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius] |
5825 | Speakers intend to refer to items that are the source of their information [Evans] |
5823 | The intended referent of a name needs to be the cause of the speaker's information about it [Evans] |
9039 | If descriptions are sufficient for reference, then I must accept a false reference if the descriptions fit [Evans] |
9043 | We use expressions 'deferentially', to conform to the use of other people [Evans] |
9040 | Charity should minimize inexplicable error, rather than maximising true beliefs [Evans] |