14 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
6859 | Analytic philosophy has much higher standards of thinking than continental philosophy [Williamson] |
20923 | We take part in objective truth, rather than observe it from a distance [Zimmermann,J] |
20926 | Hermeneutic knowledge is not objective, but embraces interpretations [Zimmermann,J] |
6862 | Fuzzy logic uses a continuum of truth, but it implies contradictions [Williamson] |
6858 | Formal logic struck me as exactly the language I wanted to think in [Williamson] |
6863 | Close to conceptual boundaries judgement is too unreliable to give knowledge [Williamson] |
6861 | What sort of logic is needed for vague concepts, and what sort of concept of truth? [Williamson] |
20924 | In phenomenology, all perception is 'seeing as' [Zimmermann,J] |
6860 | How can one discriminate yellow from red, but not the colours in between? [Williamson] |
20927 | The hermeneutic circle is between the reader's self-understanding, and the world of the text [Zimmermann,J] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
20933 | Natural law theorists fear that without morality, law could be based on efficiency [Zimmermann,J] |
20929 | Traditionally, God dictated the Torah to Moses, unlike the later biblical writings [Zimmermann,J] |