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15 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

7920	Descriptive metaphysics aims at actual structure, revisionary metaphysics at a better structure [Strawson,P]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

7922	Descriptive metaphysics concerns unchanging core concepts and categories [Strawson,P]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

7921	Close examination of actual word usage is the only sure way in philosophy [Strawson,P]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

17743

De Morgan introduced a 'universe of discourse', to replace Boole's universe of 'all things' [De Morgan, by Walicki]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 1. Paradox

13373

Typically, paradoxes are dealt with by dividing them into two groups, but the division is wrong [Priest,G]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / b. König's paradox

13368

The 'least indefinable ordinal' is defined by that very phrase [Priest,G]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / c. Berry's paradox

13370

'x is a natural number definable in less than 19 words' leads to contradiction [Priest,G]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / d. Richard's paradox

13369

By diagonalization we can define a real number that isn't in the definable set of reals [Priest,G]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / c. Burali-Forti's paradox

13366

The least ordinal greater than the set of all ordinals is both one of them and not one of them [Priest,G]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / e. Mirimanoff's paradox

13367

The next set up in the hierarchy of sets seems to be both a member and not a member of it [Priest,G]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

13371

If you know that a sentence is not one of the known sentences, you know its truth [Priest,G]

13372

There are Liar Pairs, and Liar Chains, which fit the same pattern as the basic Liar [Priest,G]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy

9282	I can only apply consciousness predicates to myself if I can apply them to others [Strawson,P]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

9263	A person is an entity to which we can ascribe predicates of consciousness and corporeality [Strawson,P]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates

9281	The idea of a predicate matches a range of things to which it can be applied [Strawson,P]