9 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
8923 | Numbers are identified by their main properties and relations, involving the successor function [MacBride] |
8926 | For mathematical objects to be positions, positions themselves must exist first [MacBride] |
21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |