16 ideas
| 1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
| 12219 | Whether a modal claim is true depends on how the object is described [Quine, by Fine,K] |
| 10922 | Objects are the values of variables, so a referentially opaque context cannot be quantified into [Quine] |
| 10923 | Aristotelian essentialism says a thing has some necessary and some non-necessary properties [Quine] |
| 10921 | Necessity can attach to statement-names, to statements, and to open sentences [Quine] |
| 10924 | Necessity is in the way in which we say things, and not things themselves [Quine] |
| 22518 | The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle] |
| 1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1561 | Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1560 | Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
| 16566 | Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle] |
| 1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
| 1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |