22 ideas
12596 | Reasoning aims at increasing explanatory coherence [Harman] |
12599 | Reason conservatively: stick to your beliefs, and prefer reasoning that preserves most of them [Harman] |
12595 | We have a theory of logic (implication and inconsistency), but not of inference or reasoning [Harman] |
18812 | Split out the logical vocabulary, make an assignment to the rest. It's logical if premises and conclusion match [Tarski, by Rumfitt] |
13344 | X follows from sentences K iff every model of K also models X [Tarski] |
12597 | I might accept P and Q as likely, but reject P-and-Q as unlikely [Harman] |
13343 | A 'model' is a sequence of objects which satisfies a complete set of sentential functions [Tarski] |
12598 | Reality is the overlap of true complete theories [Harman] |
12602 | There is no natural border between inner and outer [Harman] |
12603 | We can only describe mental attitudes in relation to the external world [Harman] |
3158 | Theories of intentionality presuppose rationality, so can't explain it [Dennett] |
12601 | The way things look is a relational matter, not an intrinsic matter [Harman] |
3159 | Beliefs and desires aren't real; they are prediction techniques [Dennett] |
12592 | Concepts in thought have content, but not meaning, which requires communication [Harman] |
12590 | Take meaning to be use in calculation with concepts, rather than in communication [Harman] |
12593 | The use theory attaches meanings to words, not to sentences [Harman] |
12588 | Meaning from use of thoughts, constructed from concepts, which have a role relating to reality [Harman] |
12589 | Some regard conceptual role semantics as an entirely internal matter [Harman] |
12600 | The content of thought is relations, between mental states, things in the world, and contexts [Harman] |
13345 | Sentences are 'analytical' if every sequence of objects models them [Tarski] |
12594 | If one proposition negates the other, which is the negative one? [Harman] |
12591 | Mastery of a language requires thinking, and not just communication [Harman] |