8 ideas
21699 | Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine] |
15102 | S4 says there must be some necessary truths (the actual ones, of which there is at least one) [Cameron] |
15103 | Blackburn fails to show that the necessary cannot be grounded in the contingent [Cameron] |
21700 | Taking sentences as the unit of meaning makes useful paraphrasing possible [Quine] |
21701 | Knowing a word is knowing the meanings of sentences which contain it [Quine] |
541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
15104 | The 'moving spotlight' theory makes one time privileged, while all times are on a par ontologically [Cameron] |
542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |