7 ideas
18776 | Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B] |
21697 | The Struthionic Fallacy is that of burying one's head in the sand [Quine] |
21698 | All relations, apart from ancestrals, can be reduced to simpler logic [Quine] |
18774 | Definite descriptions, unlike proper names, have a logical structure [Linsky,B] |
21696 | Nominalism rejects both attributes and classes (where extensionalism accepts the classes) [Quine] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |