8 ideas
21597 | Logical connectives have the highest precision, yet are infected by the vagueness of true and false [Russell, by Williamson] |
9051 | Since natural language is not precise it cannot be in the province of logic [Russell, by Keefe/Smith] |
9054 | Vagueness is only a characteristic of representations, such as language [Russell] |
15119 | Aristotelian explanation by essence may need to draw on knowledge of other essences [Aristotle, by Koslicki] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
23302 | Plants have far less life than animals, but more life than other corporeal entities [Aristotle] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |
23301 | There is a gradual proceeding from the inanimate to animals, with no clear borderlines [Aristotle] |