9 ideas
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
12608 | Concepts are distinguished by roles in judgement, and are thus tied to rationality [Peacocke] |
12605 | A sense is individuated by the conditions for reference [Peacocke] |
12607 | Fregean concepts have their essence fixed by reference-conditions [Peacocke] |
12609 | Concepts have distinctive reasons and norms [Peacocke] |
12604 | Any explanation of a concept must involve reference and truth [Peacocke] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
12610 | Encountering novel sentences shows conclusively that meaning must be compositional [Peacocke] |
22236 | The big question of the Renaissance was how to govern everything, from the state to children [Foucault] |