12 ideas
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
18889 | Ostensive definitions needn't involve pointing, but must refer to something specific [Salmon,N] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
14627 | S4, and therefore S5, are invalid for metaphysical modality [Salmon,N, by Williamson] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
18888 | Essentialism says some properties must be possessed, if a thing is to exist [Salmon,N] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
18886 | Frege's 'sense' solves four tricky puzzles [Salmon,N] |
18887 | The perfect case of direct reference is a variable which has been assigned a value [Salmon,N] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
18891 | Nothing in the direct theory of reference blocks anti-essentialism; water structure might have been different [Salmon,N] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |