17 ideas
2546 | Philosophy is a magnificent failure in its attempt to overstep the limits of our knowledge [McGinn] |
20955 | Art can make reason more all-inclusive, by articulating what seemed inexpressible [Bowie] |
10779 | A comprehension axiom is 'predicative' if the formula has no bound second-order variables [Linnebo] |
10781 | A 'pure logic' must be ontologically innocent, universal, and without presuppositions [Linnebo] |
2544 | Thoughts have a dual aspect: as they seem to introspection, and their underlying logical reality [McGinn] |
10783 | Plural quantification depends too heavily on combinatorial and set-theoretic considerations [Linnebo] |
10778 | Can second-order logic be ontologically first-order, with all the benefits of second-order? [Linnebo] |
10782 | The modern concept of an object is rooted in quantificational logic [Linnebo] |
20950 | German Idealism says our thinking and nature have the same rational structure [Bowie] |
2539 | Mental modules for language, social, action, theory, space, emotion [McGinn] |
20942 | Nazis think race predetermines the self [Bowie] |
2545 | Free will is mental causation in action [McGinn] |
2543 | Brains aren't made of anything special, suggesting panpsychism [McGinn] |
2540 | Examining mind sees no brain; examining brain sees no mind [McGinn] |
2547 | There is information if there are symbols which refer, and which can combine into a truth or falsehood [McGinn] |
20946 | Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie] |
2542 | Causation in the material world is energy-transfer, of motion, electricity or gravity [McGinn] |