13 ideas
| 8349 | The best way to do ontology is to make sense of our normal talk [Davidson] |
| 21560 | Any linguistic expression may lack meaning when taken out of context [Russell] |
| 21561 | 'The number one is bald' or 'the number one is fond of cream cheese' are meaningless [Russell] |
| 18130 | Axiom of Reducibility: there is always a function of the lowest possible order in a given level [Russell, by Bostock] |
| 8348 | If we don't assume that events exist, we cannot make sense of our common talk [Davidson] |
| 21562 | There is no complexity without relations, so no propositions, and no truth [Russell] |
| 8347 | Explanations typically relate statements, not events [Davidson] |
| 1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 10371 | Distinguish causation, which is in the world, from explanations, which depend on descriptions [Davidson, by Schaffer,J] |
| 8403 | Either facts, or highly unspecific events, serve better as causes than concrete events [Field,H on Davidson] |
| 8346 | Full descriptions can demonstrate sufficiency of cause, but not necessity [Davidson] |
| 4778 | A singular causal statement is true if it is held to fall under a law [Davidson, by Psillos] |
| 5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |