9 ideas
21960 | Ordinary language is the beginning of philosophy, but there is much more to it [Austin,JL] |
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
10835 | True sentences says the appropriate descriptive thing on the appropriate demonstrative occasion [Austin,JL] |
10836 | Correspondence theorists shouldn't think that a country has just one accurate map [Austin,JL] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
21598 | Austin revealed many meanings for 'vague': rough, ambiguous, general, incomplete... [Austin,JL, by Williamson] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
23688 | Noncognitivism tries to avoid both naturalism and mysterious morality [Hacker-Wright] |