11 ideas
6859 | Analytic philosophy has much higher standards of thinking than continental philosophy [Williamson] |
6862 | Fuzzy logic uses a continuum of truth, but it implies contradictions [Williamson] |
6858 | Formal logic struck me as exactly the language I wanted to think in [Williamson] |
6863 | Close to conceptual boundaries judgement is too unreliable to give knowledge [Williamson] |
12699 | A body would be endless disunited parts, if it did not have a unifying form or soul [Leibniz] |
6861 | What sort of logic is needed for vague concepts, and what sort of concept of truth? [Williamson] |
12700 | Form or soul gives unity and duration; matter gives multiplicity and change [Leibniz] |
12736 | If we understand God and his choices, we have a priori knowledge of contingent truths [Leibniz, by Garber] |
6860 | How can one discriminate yellow from red, but not the colours in between? [Williamson] |
12698 | Every body contains a kind of sense and appetite, or a soul [Leibniz] |
21097 | Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume] |