10 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
19086 | Does the pragmatic theory of meaning support objective truth, or make it impossible? [Macbeth] |
11989 | For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan] |
19093 | Greek mathematics is wholly sensory, where ours is wholly inferential [Macbeth] |
11990 | 'Haecceitism' says that sameness or difference of individuals is independent of appearances [Kaplan] |
9668 | 'Haecceitism' is common thisness under dissimilarity, or distinct thisnesses under resemblance [Kaplan] |
11991 | If quantification into modal contexts is legitimate, that seems to imply some form of haecceitism [Kaplan] |
19091 | Seeing reality mathematically makes it an object of thought, not of experience [Macbeth] |
19088 | For pragmatists a concept means its consequences [Macbeth] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |