14 ideas
8616 | How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin] |
8617 | Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin] |
9470 | Modal logic is not an extensional language [Parsons,C] |
13418 | The old problems with the axiom of choice are probably better ascribed to the law of excluded middle [Parsons,C] |
17807 | To study formal systems, look at the whole thing, and not just how it is constructed in steps [Curry] |
9469 | Substitutional existential quantifier may explain the existence of linguistic entities [Parsons,C] |
9468 | On the substitutional interpretation, '(∃x) Fx' is true iff a closed term 't' makes Ft true [Parsons,C] |
17447 | Parsons says counting is tagging as first, second, third..., and converting the last to a cardinal [Parsons,C, by Heck] |
17806 | It is untenable that mathematics is general physical truths, because it needs infinity [Curry] |
18201 | General principles can be obvious in mathematics, but bold speculations in empirical science [Parsons,C] |
17808 | Saying mathematics is logic is merely replacing one undefined term by another [Curry] |
13419 | If functions are transfinite objects, finitists can have no conception of them [Parsons,C] |
13417 | If a mathematical structure is rejected from a physical theory, it retains its mathematical status [Parsons,C] |
8618 | Coherence is a justification if truth is its best explanation (not skill in creating fiction) [Elgin] |