12 ideas
9169 | A statement can be metaphysically necessary and epistemologically contingent [Putnam] |
5819 | Conceivability is no proof of possibility [Putnam] |
9168 | I can't distinguish elm trees, but I mean by 'elm' the same set of trees as everybody else [Putnam] |
5820 | 'Water' has an unnoticed indexical component, referring to stuff around here [Putnam] |
9170 | We need to recognise the contribution of society and of the world in determining reference [Putnam] |
5817 | Language is more like a cooperative steamship than an individual hammer [Putnam] |
23903 | When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
23901 | Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil] |
5818 | If water is H2O in the actual world, there is no possible world where it isn't H2O [Putnam] |
23904 | The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil] |
23902 | I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil] |