12 ideas
21405 | Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long] |
20871 | Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero] |
10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
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] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
6031 | The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero] |