17 ideas
| 7848 | Philosophy begins in the horror and absurdity of existence [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson] |
| 21642 | If quantification is all substitutional, there is no ontology [Quine] |
| 1633 | Absolute ontological questions are meaningless, because the answers are circular definitions [Quine] |
| 18964 | Ontology is relative to both a background theory and a translation manual [Quine] |
| 18965 | We know what things are by distinguishing them, so identity is part of ontology [Quine] |
| 1634 | Two things are relative - the background theory, and translating the object theory into the background theory [Quine] |
| 8470 | Reference is inscrutable, because we cannot choose between theories of numbers [Quine, by Orenstein] |
| 18963 | Indeterminacy translating 'rabbit' depends on translating individuation terms [Quine] |
| 23429 | The environment needs localised politics, with its care for the land [Dobson] |
| 23424 | An ideology judges things now, and offers an ideal, with a strategy for reaching it [Dobson] |
| 23426 | Ecologism is often non-liberal, by claiming to know other people's best interests [Dobson] |
| 23427 | Socialism can be productive and centralised, or less productive and decentralised [Dobson] |
| 23428 | Difference feminists say women differ fundamentally from men [Dobson] |
| 23422 | For the environment, affluence and technology matter as much as population size [Dobson] |
| 23425 | Ecologism says growth must be reduced, and efficiency is not enough [Dobson] |
| 23423 | We currently value the present fourteen times more highly than the future [Dobson] |
| 23430 | A million years is a proper unit of political time [Dobson] |