20 ideas
5331 | You can't infer that because you have a hidden birth-mark, everybody else does [Ayer] |
4742 | Correspondence may be one-many or many one, as when either p or q make 'p or q' true [Armstrong] |
10152 | Set theory and logic are fairy tales, but still worth studying [Tarski] |
9497 | Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong] |
2611 | It is currently held that quantifying over something implies belief in its existence [Ayer] |
15550 | Properties are contingently existing beings with multiple locations in space and time [Armstrong, by Lewis] |
10151 | I am a deeply convinced nominalist [Tarski] |
16520 | We see properties necessary for a kind (in the definition), but not for an individual [Ayer] |
4743 | The truth-maker for a truth must necessitate that truth [Armstrong] |
2613 | The theory of other minds has no rival [Ayer] |
5328 | Originally I combined a mentalistic view of introspection with a behaviouristic view of other minds [Ayer] |
5330 | Physicalism undercuts the other mind problem, by equating experience with 'public' brain events [Ayer] |
5325 | Is something an 'experience' because it relates to other experiences, or because it relates to a subject? [Ayer] |
5326 | Qualia must be united by a subject, because they lead to concepts and judgements [Ayer] |
5324 | Bodily identity and memory work together to establish personal identity [Ayer] |
5322 | Self-consciousness is not basic, because experiences are not instrinsically marked with ownership [Ayer] |
5327 | Temporal gaps in the consciousness of a spirit could not be bridged by memories [Ayer] |
5329 | Why shouldn't we say brain depends on mind? Better explanation! [Ayer] |
2610 | Talk of propositions is just shorthand for talking about equivalent sentences [Ayer] |
4798 | In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos] |