11 ideas
| 23633 | Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid] |
| 23630 | Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid] |
| 6387 | A minimum requirement for a theory of meaning is that it include an account of truth [Davidson] |
| 6391 | A theory of truth tells us how communication by language is possible [Davidson] |
| 23629 | The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid] |
| 6388 | Is reference the key place where language and the world meet? [Davidson] |
| 6390 | With a holistic approach, we can give up reference in empirical theories of language [Davidson] |
| 6389 | To explain the reference of a name, you must explain its sentence-role, so reference can't be defined nonlinguistically [Davidson] |
| 1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 23632 | Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid] |
| 5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |