9 ideas
19044 | Saying truths fit experience adds nothing to truth; nothing makes sentences true [Davidson] |
10558 | Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta] |
14361 | Lewis says indicative conditionals are truth-functional [Lewis, by Jackson] |
8434 | In good counterfactuals the consequent holds in world like ours except that the antecedent is true [Lewis, by Horwich] |
6400 | Without the dualism of scheme and content, not much is left of empiricism [Davidson] |
6398 | Different points of view make sense, but they must be plotted on a common background [Davidson] |
10557 | Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta] |
6399 | Criteria of translation give us the identity of conceptual schemes [Davidson] |
9419 | A law of nature is a general axiom of the deductive system that is best for simplicity and strength [Lewis] |