16 ideas
8766 | In much wisdom is much grief [Anon (Ecc)] |
9254 | In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard] |
7494 | Laughter is mad; of mirth, what doeth it? [Anon (Ecc)] |
8767 | Sorrow is better than laughter [Anon (Ecc)] |
11976 | Aristotelian essentialism says essences are not relative to specification [Lewis] |
11978 | Causal necessities hold in all worlds compatible with the laws of nature [Lewis] |
11979 | It doesn't take the whole of a possible Humphrey to win the election [Lewis] |
16994 | Counterpart theory is bizarre, as no one cares what happens to a mere counterpart [Kripke on Lewis] |
11974 | Counterparts are not the original thing, but resemble it more than other things do [Lewis] |
11975 | If the closest resembler to you is in fact quite unlike you, then you have no counterpart [Lewis] |
11977 | Essential attributes are those shared with all the counterparts [Lewis] |
9256 | I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard] |
9257 | The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard] |
8765 | All is vanity, saith the Preacher [Anon (Ecc)] |
9255 | Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard] |
8768 | Books are endless, and study is wearisome [Anon (Ecc)] |