9 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
8203 | All the arithmetical entities can be reduced to classes of integers, and hence to sets [Quine] |
5504 | Maybe we should see persons in four dimensions, with stages or time-slices at an instant [Martin/Barresi] |
5503 | Maybe personal identity is not vital in survival, and other continuations would suffice [Martin/Barresi] |
5502 | Locke's intrinsic view of personal identity has been replaced by an externalist view [Martin/Barresi] |
8202 | Meaning is essence divorced from things and wedded to words [Quine] |
8201 | The distinction between meaning and further information is as vague as the essence/accident distinction [Quine] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
5505 | For Aristotle the psyche perishes with the body (except possibly 'nous') [Martin/Barresi] |