11 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
21750 | Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine] |
10779 | A comprehension axiom is 'predicative' if the formula has no bound second-order variables [Linnebo] |
10781 | A 'pure logic' must be ontologically innocent, universal, and without presuppositions [Linnebo] |
10783 | Plural quantification depends too heavily on combinatorial and set-theoretic considerations [Linnebo] |
10778 | Can second-order logic be ontologically first-order, with all the benefits of second-order? [Linnebo] |
10782 | The modern concept of an object is rooted in quantificational logic [Linnebo] |
21748 | More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine] |
21749 | Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine] |
21751 | Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |