8 ideas
9212 | Possible states of affairs are not propositions; a proposition can't be a state of affairs! [Fine,K] |
10993 | Ramsey's Test: believe the consequent if you believe the antecedent [Ramsey, by Read] |
14279 | Asking 'If p, will q?' when p is uncertain, then first add p hypothetically to your knowledge [Ramsey] |
9213 | The actual world is a possible world, so we can't define possible worlds as 'what might have been' [Fine,K] |
6894 | Mental terms can be replaced in a sentence by a variable and an existential quantifier [Ramsey] |
7517 | I could take a healthy infant and train it up to be any type of specialist I choose [Watson,JB] |
9418 | All knowledge needs systematizing, and the axioms would be the laws of nature [Ramsey] |
9420 | Causal laws result from the simplest axioms of a complete deductive system [Ramsey] |