10 ideas
| 17644 | Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam] |
| 17648 | It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam] |
| 17643 | Shape is essential relative to 'statue', but not essential relative to 'clay' [Putnam] |
| 18969 | How do you distinguish three beliefs from four beliefs or two beliefs? [Quine] |
| 17642 | The old view that sense data are independent of mind is quite dotty [Putnam] |
| 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] |
| 20239 | Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche] |
| 17645 | An alien might think oxygen was the main cause of a forest fire [Putnam] |
| 18970 | The concept of a 'point' makes no sense without the idea of absolute position [Quine] |