8 ideas
6855 | Interesting philosophers hardly every give you explicitly valid arguments [Martin,M] |
6856 | Valid arguments can be rejected by challenging the premises or presuppositions [Martin,M] |
10558 | Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta] |
6857 | An error theory of perception says our experience is not as it seems to be [Martin,M] |
10557 | Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta] |
12167 | Reference without predication is the characteristic of expression [Scruton] |
12166 | If music refers to love, it contains no predication, so it is expression, not language [Scruton] |
12168 | Music is not representational, since thoughts about a subject are never essential to it [Scruton] |