7 ideas
6851 | We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk] |
23766 | Don't be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine, by cunning deceptive men [Paul] |
13768 | Validity can preserve certainty in mathematics, but conditionals about contingents are another matter [Edgington] |
13770 | There are many different conditional mental states, and different conditional speech acts [Edgington] |
13764 | Are conditionals truth-functional - do the truth values of A and B determine the truth value of 'If A, B'? [Edgington] |
13765 | 'If A,B' must entail ¬(A & ¬B); otherwise we could have A true, B false, and If A,B true, invalidating modus ponens [Edgington] |
6850 | Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk] |