15 ideas
23531 | Philosophers should interpret the world, by expressing its possibilities [Berardi] |
15527 | Defining terms either enables elimination, or shows that they don't require elimination [Lewis] |
23538 | Nothingness only exists in consciousness [Berardi] |
15530 | A logically determinate name names the same thing in every possible world [Lewis] |
15531 | The Ramsey sentence of a theory says that it has at least one realisation [Lewis] |
15528 | A Ramsey sentence just asserts that a theory can be realised, without saying by what [Lewis] |
15526 | There is a method for defining new scientific terms just using the terms we already understand [Lewis] |
15529 | It is better to have one realisation of a theory than many - but it may not always be possible [Lewis] |
23532 | The delusion of free will brings a sense of guilt [Berardi] |
19087 | The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce] |
23537 | American white men trusted the philosophy of winning, and then discovered losing [Berardi] |
23536 | Community is now a nostalgic memory, which no longer exists [Berardi] |
23534 | Communism failed to unite western workers with the oppressed of the south [Berardi] |
23533 | The economy has replaced medieval theocracy at the centre of our society [Berardi] |
23535 | Western workers turn to nationalism, to avert the effects of globalisation [Berardi] |