7 ideas
| 7775 | Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules [Davidson] |
| 7777 | We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false [Davidson] |
| 7776 | Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean [Davidson] |
| 1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 15150 | The properties of an electron can't be explained just as 'clustering' [Chakravartty on Boyd] |
| 15149 | Properties cluster together, either because of intrinsic relations, or because of an underlying process [Boyd, by Chakravartty] |
| 5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |