12 ideas
5035 | The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
10476 | The idea that groups of concepts could be 'implicitly defined' was abandoned [Hodges,W] |
10478 | Since first-order languages are complete, |= and |- have the same meaning [Hodges,W] |
10477 | |= in model-theory means 'logical consequence' - it holds in all models [Hodges,W] |
10474 | |= should be read as 'is a model for' or 'satisfies' [Hodges,W] |
10475 | A 'structure' is an interpretation specifying objects and classes of quantification [Hodges,W] |
10473 | Model theory studies formal or natural language-interpretation using set-theory [Hodges,W] |
10481 | Models in model theory are structures, not sets of descriptions [Hodges,W] |
10480 | First-order logic can't discriminate between one infinite cardinal and another [Hodges,W] |
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
5038 | Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz] |
5037 | God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz] |