4 ideas
16030 | 'Nominal' definitions identify things, but fail to give their essence [Jones,J-E] |
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
6011 | There is a remote first god (the Good), and a second god who organises the material world [Numenius, by O'Meara] |