Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Survival and Identity, with postscript', 'The Logical Structure of the World (Aufbau)' and 'An American Indian model of the Universe'

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6 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

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De re modal predicates are ambiguous [Lewis, by Rudder Baker]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism

3916	Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

3917	Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / g. Conceptual atomism

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All concepts can be derived from a few basics, making possible one science of everything [Carnap, by Brody]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

3915	The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf]