26 ideas
17651 | Without words or other symbols, we have no world [Goodman] |
6859 | Analytic philosophy has much higher standards of thinking than continental philosophy [Williamson] |
17652 | Truth is irrelevant if no statements are involved [Goodman] |
6862 | Fuzzy logic uses a continuum of truth, but it implies contradictions [Williamson] |
9358 | There are several logics, none of which will ever derive falsehoods from truth [Lewis,CI] |
6858 | Formal logic struck me as exactly the language I wanted to think in [Williamson] |
9357 | Excluded middle is just our preference for a simplified dichotomy in experience [Lewis,CI] |
9364 | Names represent a uniformity in experience, or they name nothing [Lewis,CI] |
17656 | Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman] |
17661 | We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman] |
17659 | Reality is largely a matter of habit [Goodman] |
17657 | We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit [Goodman] |
6863 | Close to conceptual boundaries judgement is too unreliable to give knowledge [Williamson] |
17654 | A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it [Goodman] |
6861 | What sort of logic is needed for vague concepts, and what sort of concept of truth? [Williamson] |
17653 | Things can only be judged the 'same' by citing some respect of sameness [Goodman] |
9362 | Necessary truths are those we will maintain no matter what [Lewis,CI] |
9365 | We can maintain a priori principles come what may, but we can also change them [Lewis,CI] |
6860 | How can one discriminate yellow from red, but not the colours in between? [Williamson] |
17660 | Discovery is often just finding a fit, like a jigsaw puzzle [Goodman] |
17658 | Users of digital thermometers recognise no temperatures in the gaps [Goodman] |
17650 | We lack frames of reference to transform physics, biology and psychology into one another [Goodman] |
17655 | Grue and green won't be in the same world, as that would block induction entirely [Goodman] |
9361 | We have to separate the mathematical from physical phenomena by abstraction [Lewis,CI] |
17649 | If the world is one it has many aspects, and if there are many worlds they will collect into one [Goodman] |
9363 | Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions [Lewis,CI] |