9 ideas
8616 | How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin] |
8617 | Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin] |
21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
8618 | Coherence is a justification if truth is its best explanation (not skill in creating fiction) [Elgin] |
21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
5655 | Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton] |