9 ideas
6343 | For Russell, both propositions and facts are arrangements of objects, so obviously they correspond [Horwich on Russell] |
17990 | Instances of minimal truth miss out propositions inexpressible in current English [Hofweber] |
17988 | Quantification can't all be substitutional; some reference is obviously to objects [Hofweber] |
18933 | Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius] |
17989 | Since properties have properties, there can be a typed or a type-free theory of them [Hofweber] |
7534 | In 1906, Russell decided that propositions did not, after all, exist [Russell, by Monk] |
9866 | Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato] |
5864 | Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias] |
17991 | Holism says language can't be translated; the expressibility hypothesis says everything can [Hofweber] |