8 ideas
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
21699 | Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
21700 | Taking sentences as the unit of meaning makes useful paraphrasing possible [Quine] |
21701 | Knowing a word is knowing the meanings of sentences which contain it [Quine] |
7777 | We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false [Davidson] |
7775 | Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules [Davidson] |
7776 | Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean [Davidson] |