17 ideas
6859 | Analytic philosophy has much higher standards of thinking than continental philosophy [Williamson] |
8868 | Objective truth arises from interpersonal communication [Davidson] |
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] |
6861 | What sort of logic is needed for vague concepts, and what sort of concept of truth? [Williamson] |
8867 | A belief requires understanding the distinctions of true-and-false, and appearance-and-reality [Davidson] |
6860 | How can one discriminate yellow from red, but not the colours in between? [Williamson] |
10347 | Objectivity is intersubjectivity [Davidson] |
8866 | If we know other minds through behaviour, but not our own, we should assume they aren't like me [Davidson] |
10346 | Knowing other minds rests on knowing both one's own mind and the external world [Davidson, by Dummett] |
22330 | Grice said patterns of use are often semantically irrelevant, because it is a pragmatic matter [Grice, by Glock] |
8870 | Content of thought is established through communication, so knowledge needs other minds [Davidson] |
18045 | Grice's maxim of quality says do not assert what you believe to be false [Grice, by Magidor] |
18044 | Grice's maxim of manner requires one to be as brief as possible [Grice, by Magidor] |
18046 | Grice's maxim of quantity says be sufficiently informative [Grice, by Magidor] |
8869 | The principle of charity attributes largely consistent logic and largely true beliefs to speakers [Davidson] |