24 ideas
23657 | The existence of tensed verbs shows that not all truths are necessary truths [Reid] |
6859 | Analytic philosophy has much higher standards of thinking than continental philosophy [Williamson] |
23655 | An ad hominem argument is good, if it is shown that the man's principles are inconsistent [Reid] |
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] |
7720 | Two things can only resemble one another in some respect, and that may reintroduce a universal [Lowe] |
7712 | On substances, Leibniz emphasises unity, Spinoza independence, Locke relations to qualities [Lowe] |
6861 | What sort of logic is needed for vague concepts, and what sort of concept of truth? [Williamson] |
23659 | If someone denies that he is thinking when he is conscious of it, we can only laugh [Reid] |
23662 | The existence of ideas is no more obvious than the existence of external objects [Reid] |
23661 | We are only aware of other beings through our senses; without that, we are alone in the universe [Reid] |
6860 | How can one discriminate yellow from red, but not the colours in between? [Williamson] |
7710 | Perception is a mode of belief-acquisition, and does not involve sensation [Lowe] |
7711 | Science requires a causal theory - perception of an object must be an experience caused by the object [Lowe] |
23654 | In obscure matters the few must lead the many, but the many usually lead in common sense [Reid] |
23660 | The theory of ideas, popular with philosophers, means past existence has to be proved [Reid] |
23658 | Consciousness is an indefinable and unique operation [Reid] |
7714 | Personal identity is a problem across time (diachronic) and at an instant (synchronic) [Lowe] |
23656 | The structure of languages reveals a uniformity in basic human opinions [Reid] |
7715 | Mentalese isn't a language, because it isn't conventional, or a means of public communication [Lowe] |
23653 | If you can't distinguish the features of a complex object, your notion of it would be a muddle [Reid] |
7722 | If meaning is mental pictures, explain "the cat (or dog!) is NOT on the mat" [Lowe] |
23663 | There are axioms of taste - such as a general consensus about a beautiful face [Reid] |