13 ideas
| 14212 | A consistent theory just needs one model; isomorphic versions will do too, and large domains provide those [Lewis] |
| 14213 | Anti-realists see the world as imaginary, or lacking joints, or beyond reference, or beyond truth [Lewis] |
| 14210 | A gerrymandered mereological sum can be a mess, but still have natural joints [Lewis] |
| 9169 | A statement can be metaphysically necessary and epistemologically contingent [Putnam] |
| 5819 | Conceivability is no proof of possibility [Putnam] |
| 9168 | I can't distinguish elm trees, but I mean by 'elm' the same set of trees as everybody else [Putnam] |
| 5820 | 'Water' has an unnoticed indexical component, referring to stuff around here [Putnam] |
| 14215 | Causal theories of reference make errors in reference easy [Lewis] |
| 9170 | We need to recognise the contribution of society and of the world in determining reference [Putnam] |
| 14209 | Descriptive theories remain part of the theory of reference (with seven mild modifications) [Lewis] |
| 5817 | Language is more like a cooperative steamship than an individual hammer [Putnam] |
| 468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
| 5818 | If water is H2O in the actual world, there is no possible world where it isn't H2O [Putnam] |