11 ideas
13917 | Metaphysics aims to identify categories of being, and show their interdependency [Lowe] |
13919 | Philosophy aims not at the 'analysis of concepts', but at understanding the essences of things [Lowe] |
15538 | Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis] |
15537 | If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis] |
13918 | Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe] |
15536 | We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis] |
13921 | All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe] |
13922 | Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe] |
13920 | Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe] |
15539 | Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis] |
5271 | Prejudice apart, push-pin has equal value with music and poetry [Bentham] |