17 ideas
9777 | Kant was the first philosopher [Zizek] |
9778 | There is no dialogue in philosophy [Zizek] |
9779 | Philosophy is transcendental questioning (not supporting science or constructing ontology) [Zizek] |
10633 | 'Some critics admire only one another' cannot be paraphrased in singular first-order [Linnebo] |
10638 | A pure logic is wholly general, purely formal, and directly known [Linnebo] |
10635 | Second-order quantification and plural quantification are different [Linnebo] |
10636 | Plural plurals are unnatural and need a first-level ontology [Linnebo] |
10639 | Plural quantification may allow a monadic second-order theory with first-order ontology [Linnebo] |
10640 | Instead of complex objects like tables, plurally quantify over mereological atoms tablewise [Linnebo] |
10641 | Traditionally we eliminate plurals by quantifying over sets [Linnebo] |
10643 | We speak of a theory's 'ideological commitments' as well as its 'ontological commitments' [Linnebo] |
10637 | Ordinary speakers posit objects without concern for ontology [Linnebo] |
6003 | Galen showed by experiment that the brain controls the body [Galen, by Hankinson] |
9780 | Consciousness is a malfunction of evolution [Zizek] |
10634 | Predicates are 'distributive' or 'non-distributive'; do individuals do what the group does? [Linnebo] |
9781 | Tolerance and love are strategies to avoid encountering our neighbours [Zizek] |
6030 | Each part of the soul has its virtue - pleasure for appetite, success for competition, and rectitude for reason [Galen] |