16 ideas
12223 | It is a fallacy to explain the obscure with the even more obscure [Hale/Wright] |
9182 | Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett] |
12230 | Singular terms refer if they make certain atomic statements true [Hale/Wright] |
7557 | To solve Zeno's paradox, reject the axiom that the whole has more terms than the parts [Russell] |
10059 | In mathematic we are ignorant of both subject-matter and truth [Russell] |
7556 | A collection is infinite if you can remove some terms without diminishing its number [Russell] |
12225 | Neo-Fregeanism might be better with truth-makers, rather than quantifier commitment [Hale/Wright] |
12224 | Are neo-Fregeans 'maximalists' - that everything which can exist does exist? [Hale/Wright] |
12226 | The identity of Pegasus with Pegasus may be true, despite the non-existence [Hale/Wright] |
12229 | Maybe we have abundant properties for semantics, and sparse properties for ontology [Hale/Wright] |
18443 | A successful predicate guarantees the existence of a property - the way of being it expresses [Hale/Wright] |
7554 | Self-evidence is often a mere will-o'-the-wisp [Russell] |
12227 | Abstractionism needs existential commitment and uniform truth-conditions [Hale/Wright] |
12228 | Equivalence abstraction refers to objects otherwise beyond our grasp [Hale/Wright] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
12231 | Reference needs truth as well as sense [Hale/Wright] |