9 ideas
17505 | Using proper names properly doesn't involve necessary and sufficient conditions [Putnam] |
17622 | We come to believe mathematical propositions via their grounding in the structure [Burge] |
11908 | Putnam bases essences on 'same kind', but same kinds may not share properties [Mackie,P on Putnam] |
17508 | Science aims at truth, not at 'simplicity' [Putnam] |
1757 | The Electra: she knows this man, but not that he is her brother [Eucleides, by Diog. Laertius] |
17506 | I now think reference by the tests of experts is a special case of being causally connected [Putnam] |
3028 | The chief good is unity, sometimes seen as prudence, or God, or intellect [Eucleides] |
17507 | Natural kind stereotypes are 'strong' (obvious, like tiger) or 'weak' (obscure, like molybdenum) [Putnam] |
11904 | Express natural kinds as a posteriori predicate connections, not as singular terms [Putnam, by Mackie,P] |