10 ideas
23367 | Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus] |
21642 | If quantification is all substitutional, there is no ontology [Quine] |
20660 | At one level maths and nature are very similar, suggesting some deeper origin [Wolfram] |
1633 | Absolute ontological questions are meaningless, because the answers are circular definitions [Quine] |
18964 | Ontology is relative to both a background theory and a translation manual [Quine] |
18965 | We know what things are by distinguishing them, so identity is part of ontology [Quine] |
1634 | Two things are relative - the background theory, and translating the object theory into the background theory [Quine] |
8470 | Reference is inscrutable, because we cannot choose between theories of numbers [Quine, by Orenstein] |
18963 | Indeterminacy translating 'rabbit' depends on translating individuation terms [Quine] |
20659 | Space and its contents seem to be one stuff - so space is the only existing thing [Wolfram] |