8 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
19489 | For me, fictions are internally true, without a significant internal or external truth-value [Yablo] |
19490 | Make-believe can help us to reason about facts and scientific procedures [Yablo] |
19491 | 'The clouds are angry' can only mean '...if one were attributing emotions to clouds' [Yablo] |
22320 | An 'object' is just what can be referred to without possible non-existence [Wittgenstein] |
18283 | Language pictures the essence of the world [Wittgenstein] |
18282 | You can't believe it if you can't imagine a verification for it [Wittgenstein] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |