10 ideas
18256 | Quantity is inconceivable without the idea of addition [Frege] |
9831 | Geometry appeals to intuition as the source of its axioms [Frege] |
1630 | We can only see an alien language in terms of our own thought structures (e.g. physical/abstract) [Quine] |
5747 | "No entity without identity" - our ontology must contain items with settled identity conditions [Quine, by Melia] |
16661 | There are two sorts of category - referring to things, and to circumstances of things [Boethius] |
7925 | There is no proper identity concept for properties, and it is hard to distinguish one from two [Quine] |
13387 | Our conceptual scheme becomes more powerful when we posit abstract objects [Quine] |
8277 | I prefer 'no object without identity' to Quine's 'no entity without identity' [Lowe on Quine] |
1632 | Translation of our remote past or language could be as problematic as alien languages [Quine] |
1631 | You could know the complete behavioural conditions for a foreign language, and still not know their beliefs [Quine] |