19 ideas
4424 | A warlike philosopher challenges problems to single combat [Nietzsche] |
13733 | Frege considered definite descriptions to be genuine singular terms [Frege, by Fitting/Mendelsohn] |
9874 | Contradiction arises from Frege's substitutional account of second-order quantification [Dummett on Frege] |
18252 | Real numbers are ratios of quantities, such as lengths or masses [Frege] |
18271 | We can't prove everything, but we can spell out the unproved, so that foundations are clear [Frege] |
10623 | Frege defined number in terms of extensions of concepts, but needed Basic Law V to explain extensions [Frege, by Hale/Wright] |
9975 | Frege ignored Cantor's warning that a cardinal set is not just a concept-extension [Tait on Frege] |
18165 | My Basic Law V is a law of pure logic [Frege] |
16616 | Substances 'substand' (beneath accidents), or 'subsist' (independently) [Eustachius] |
16585 | Prime matter is free of all forms, but has the potential for all forms [Eustachius] |
9190 | A concept is a function mapping objects onto truth-values, if they fall under the concept [Frege, by Dummett] |
13665 | Frege took the study of concepts to be part of logic [Frege, by Shapiro] |
2886 | The distinction between egoistic and non-egoistic acts is absurd [Nietzsche] |
4426 | A bad result distorts one's judgement about the virtue of what one has done [Nietzsche] |
4425 | The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues [Nietzsche] |
20132 | To become what you are you must have no self-awareness [Nietzsche] |
20144 | Eternal recurrence is the highest attainable affirmation [Nietzsche] |
2889 | One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil [Nietzsche] |
2887 | I am not an atheist because of reasoning or evidence, but because of instinct [Nietzsche] |