18 ideas
2661 | Dialectic is speech cast in the form of logical argument [Cicero] |
2673 | There cannot be more than one truth [Cicero] |
13430 | Infinity: there is an infinity of distinguishable individuals [Ramsey] |
13428 | Reducibility: to every non-elementary function there is an equivalent elementary function [Ramsey] |
2669 | Dialectic assumes that all statements are either true or false, but self-referential paradoxes are a big problem [Cicero] |
13427 | Either 'a = b' vacuously names the same thing, or absurdly names different things [Ramsey] |
13334 | Contradictions are either purely logical or mathematical, or they involved thought and language [Ramsey] |
13426 | Formalists neglect content, but the logicists have focused on generalizations, and neglected form [Ramsey] |
13425 | Formalism is hopeless, because it focuses on propositions and ignores concepts [Ramsey] |
22328 | I just confront the evidence, and let it act on me [Ramsey] |
2664 | If we have complete healthy senses, what more could the gods give us? [Cicero] |
2665 | How can there be a memory of what is false? [Cicero] |
22325 | A belief is knowledge if it is true, certain and obtained by a reliable process [Ramsey] |
20800 | Every true presentation can have a false one of the same quality [Cicero] |
6000 | The goal is rationality in the selection of things according to nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
5999 | The good is what is perfect by nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
2672 | Virtues must be very detached, to avoid being motivated by pleasure [Cicero] |
6001 | Justice is a disposition to distribute according to desert [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |