16 ideas
8868 | Objective truth arises from interpersonal communication [Davidson] |
8964 | Entities can be multiplied either by excessive categories, or excessive entities within a category [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
8962 | 'There are shapes which are never exemplified' is the toughest example for nominalists [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
8961 | Nominalists are motivated by Ockham's Razor and a distrust of unobservables [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
8963 | Four theories of possible worlds: conceptualist, combinatorial, abstract, or concrete [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
8867 | A belief requires understanding the distinctions of true-and-false, and appearance-and-reality [Davidson] |
3296 | Sense-data are a false objectification of what is essentially subjective [Nagel] |
10347 | Objectivity is intersubjectivity [Davidson] |
3295 | Inner v outer brings astonishment that we are a particular person [Nagel] |
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] |
3293 | If you assert that we have an ego, you can still ask if that future ego will be me [Nagel] |
3292 | The most difficult problem of free will is saying what the problem is [Nagel] |
8870 | Content of thought is established through communication, so knowledge needs other minds [Davidson] |
8869 | The principle of charity attributes largely consistent logic and largely true beliefs to speakers [Davidson] |
3294 | As far as possible we should become instruments to realise what is best from an eternal point of view [Nagel] |