8 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
22519 | Philosophers are revealed by their fears [Billington] |
9148 | I think of variables as objects rather than as signs [Fine,K] |
9152 | If green is abstracted from a thing, it is only seen as a type if it is common to many things [Fine,K] |
9149 | To obtain the number 2 by abstraction, we only want to abstract the distinctness of a pair of objects [Fine,K] |
9150 | We should define abstraction in general, with number abstraction taken as a special case [Fine,K] |
9146 | After abstraction all numbers seem identical, so only 0 and 1 will exist! [Fine,K] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |