9 ideas
14212 | A consistent theory just needs one model; isomorphic versions will do too, and large domains provide those [Lewis] |
14213 | Anti-realists see the world as imaginary, or lacking joints, or beyond reference, or beyond truth [Lewis] |
14210 | A gerrymandered mereological sum can be a mess, but still have natural joints [Lewis] |
20945 | Belief is no more rational than is tasting and smelling [Hamann] |
14215 | Causal theories of reference make errors in reference easy [Lewis] |
14209 | Descriptive theories remain part of the theory of reference (with seven mild modifications) [Lewis] |
541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
7666 | God is not a mathematician, but a poet [Hamann, by Berlin] |
542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |