9 ideas
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
17807 | To study formal systems, look at the whole thing, and not just how it is constructed in steps [Curry] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
17806 | It is untenable that mathematics is general physical truths, because it needs infinity [Curry] |
17808 | Saying mathematics is logic is merely replacing one undefined term by another [Curry] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
8326 | Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley] |
10379 | Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J] |