7 ideas
21699 | Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine] |
22518 | The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle] |
21700 | Taking sentences as the unit of meaning makes useful paraphrasing possible [Quine] |
21701 | Knowing a word is knowing the meanings of sentences which contain it [Quine] |
16566 | Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle] |
1474 | Moral evil may be acceptable to God because it allows free will (even though we don't see why this is necessary) [Plantinga, by PG] |
1475 | It is logically possible that natural evil like earthquakes is caused by Satan [Plantinga, by PG] |