8 ideas
| 23367 | Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus] |
| 6851 | We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk] |
| 19048 | Contextual definition shifted the emphasis from words to whole sentences [Quine] |
| 19047 | Bentham's contextual definitions preserved terms after their denotation became doubtful [Quine] |
| 19049 | In scientific theories sentences are too brief to be independent vehicles of empirical meaning [Quine] |
| 19046 | Empiricism improvements: words for ideas, then sentences, then systems, then no analytic, then naturalism [Quine] |
| 19050 | Holism in language blurs empirical synthetic and empty analytic sentences [Quine] |
| 6850 | Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk] |