8 ideas
10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
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] |
18699 | Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button] |
17722 | The concept 'red' is tied to what actually individuates red things [Peacocke] |
12131 | All concepts can be derived from a few basics, making possible one science of everything [Carnap, by Brody] |
10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |