17 ideas
7081 | Philosophy is not separate from or above empirical science [Neurath] |
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
19125 | If we define truth, we can eliminate it [Halbach/Leigh] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
19128 | If a language cannot name all objects, then satisfaction must be used, instead of unary truth [Halbach/Leigh] |
19120 | Semantic theories need a powerful metalanguage, typically including set theory [Halbach/Leigh] |
19127 | The T-sentences are deductively weak, and also not deductively conservative [Halbach/Leigh] |
19124 | A natural theory of truth plays the role of reflection principles, establishing arithmetic's soundness [Halbach/Leigh] |
19126 | If deflationary truth is not explanatory, truth axioms should be 'conservative', proving nothing new [Halbach/Leigh] |
19129 | The FS axioms use classical logical, but are not fully consistent [Halbach/Leigh] |
19130 | KF is formulated in classical logic, but describes non-classical truth, which allows truth-value gluts [Halbach/Leigh] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
19121 | We can reduce properties to true formulas [Halbach/Leigh] |
19122 | Nominalists can reduce theories of properties or sets to harmless axiomatic truth theories [Halbach/Leigh] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
10486 | If we are rebuilding our ship at sea, we should jettison some cargo [Boolos on Neurath] |
8485 | We must always rebuild our ship on the open sea; we can't reconstruct it properly in dry-dock [Neurath] |