12 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
10153 | In everyday language, truth seems indefinable, inconsistent, and illogical [Tarski] |
19141 | Tarski thought axiomatic truth was too contingent, and in danger of inconsistencies [Tarski, by Davidson] |
17990 | Instances of minimal truth miss out propositions inexpressible in current English [Hofweber] |
10048 | There is no clear boundary between the logical and the non-logical [Tarski] |
10694 | Logical consequence is when in any model in which the premises are true, the conclusion is true [Tarski, by Beall/Restall] |
10479 | Logical consequence: true premises give true conclusions under all interpretations [Tarski, by Hodges,W] |
17988 | Quantification can't all be substitutional; some reference is obviously to objects [Hofweber] |
10157 | Tarski improved Hilbert's geometry axioms, and without set-theory [Tarski, by Feferman/Feferman] |
17989 | Since properties have properties, there can be a typed or a type-free theory of them [Hofweber] |
17991 | Holism says language can't be translated; the expressibility hypothesis says everything can [Hofweber] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |