9 ideas
15527 | Defining terms either enables elimination, or shows that they don't require elimination [Lewis] |
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
15530 | A logically determinate name names the same thing in every possible world [Lewis] |
15531 | The Ramsey sentence of a theory says that it has at least one realisation [Lewis] |
15528 | A Ramsey sentence just asserts that a theory can be realised, without saying by what [Lewis] |
15526 | There is a method for defining new scientific terms just using the terms we already understand [Lewis] |
15529 | It is better to have one realisation of a theory than many - but it may not always be possible [Lewis] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |