10 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
9148 | I think of variables as objects rather than as signs [Fine,K] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
9152 | If green is abstracted from a thing, it is only seen as a type if it is common to many things [Fine,K] |
5517 | Individuals don't exist, but are conventional names for sets of elements [Buddha] |
9149 | To obtain the number 2 by abstraction, we only want to abstract the distinctness of a pair of objects [Fine,K] |
9150 | We should define abstraction in general, with number abstraction taken as a special case [Fine,K] |
9146 | After abstraction all numbers seem identical, so only 0 and 1 will exist! [Fine,K] |
7600 | The Buddha believed the gods would eventually disappear, and Nirvana was much higher [Buddha, by Armstrong,K] |
7601 | Life is suffering, from which only compassion, gentleness, truth and sobriety can save us [Buddha] |