9 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
19086 | Does the pragmatic theory of meaning support objective truth, or make it impossible? [Macbeth] |
3340 | Von Neumann defines each number as the set of all smaller numbers [Neumann, by Blackburn] |
3355 | Von Neumann wanted mathematical functions to replace sets [Neumann, by Benardete,JA] |
22716 | Von Neumann defined ordinals as the set of all smaller ordinals [Neumann, by Poundstone] |
19093 | Greek mathematics is wholly sensory, where ours is wholly inferential [Macbeth] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
19091 | Seeing reality mathematically makes it an object of thought, not of experience [Macbeth] |
19088 | For pragmatists a concept means its consequences [Macbeth] |