11 ideas
| 14767 | The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce] |
| 10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
| 14764 | I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce] |
| 10837 | It is part of the concept of truth that we aim at making true statements [Dummett] |
| 10840 | We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game [Dummett] |
| 19171 | Tarski's truth is like rules for winning games, without saying what 'winning' means [Dummett, by Davidson] |
| 14768 | Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce] |
| 14765 | Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce] |
| 14766 | Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce] |
| 10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |
| 6005 | Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley] |