13 ideas
20771 | Six parts: dialectic, rhetoric, ethics, politics, physics, theology [Cleanthes, by Diog. Laertius] |
18969 | How do you distinguish three beliefs from four beliefs or two beliefs? [Quine] |
6028 | Bodies interact with other bodies, and cuts cause pain, and shame causes blushing, so the soul is a body [Cleanthes, by Nemesius] |
20831 | The soul suffers when the body hurts, creates redness from shame, and pallor from fear [Cleanthes] |
18967 | A 'proposition' is said to be the timeless cognitive part of the meaning of a sentence [Quine] |
18968 | The problem with propositions is their individuation. When do two sentences express one proposition? [Quine] |
22252 | Capitalism may actually be the best way to foster community [Conway,D] |
22253 | Capitalism is just the market, with optional limited government, and perhaps democracy [Conway,D] |
22256 | Capitalism prefers representative democracy, which avoids community decision-making [Conway,D] |
22255 | Capitalism breaks up extended families, and must then provide welfare for the lonely people [Conway,D] |
22257 | Capitalism is anti-community, by only valuing individuals, and breaking up families [Conway,D] |
18970 | The concept of a 'point' makes no sense without the idea of absolute position [Quine] |
5993 | The ascending scale of living creatures requires a perfect being [Cleanthes, by Tieleman] |