13 ideas
6396 | A sentence is held true because of a combination of meaning and belief [Davidson] |
23647 | Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid] |
19440 | How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya] |
11958 | Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar] |
11145 | Having a belief involves the possibility of being mistaken [Davidson] |
6397 | The concept of belief can only derive from relationship to a speech community [Davidson] |
6392 | Thought depends on speech [Davidson] |
6393 | A creature doesn't think unless it interprets another's speech [Davidson] |
11144 | Concepts are only possible in a language community [Davidson] |
6395 | An understood sentence can be used for almost anything; it isn't language if it has only one use [Davidson] |
6394 | The pattern of sentences held true gives sentences their meaning [Davidson] |
23646 | Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid] |
23645 | A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid] |