9 ideas
10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
6294 | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John] |
10837 | It is part of the concept of truth that we aim at making true statements [Dummett] |
8821 | Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John] |
10840 | We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game [Dummett] |
19171 | Tarski's truth is like rules for winning games, without saying what 'winning' means [Dummett, by Davidson] |
10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |
1757 | The Electra: she knows this man, but not that he is her brother [Eucleides, by Diog. Laertius] |
3028 | The chief good is unity, sometimes seen as prudence, or God, or intellect [Eucleides] |