16 ideas
9808 | Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou] |
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
14650 | Maybe proper names involve essentialism [Plantinga] |
9812 | In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou] |
14648 | Could I name all of the real numbers in one fell swoop? Call them all 'Charley'? [Plantinga] |
9813 | Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou] |
9809 | Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou] |
9811 | It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou] |
14647 | Surely self-identity is essential to Socrates? [Plantinga] |
14646 | An object has a property essentially if it couldn't conceivably have lacked it [Plantinga] |
14642 | Expressing modality about a statement is 'de dicto'; expressing it of property-possession is 'de re' [Plantinga] |
14643 | 'De dicto' true and 'de re' false is possible, and so is 'de dicto' false and 'de re' true [Plantinga] |
14649 | Can we find an appropriate 'de dicto' paraphrase for any 'de re' proposition? [Plantinga] |
14651 | What Socrates could have been, and could have become, are different? [Plantinga] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
9814 | All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou] |