13 ideas
6859 | Analytic philosophy has much higher standards of thinking than continental philosophy [Williamson] |
6862 | Fuzzy logic uses a continuum of truth, but it implies contradictions [Williamson] |
6858 | Formal logic struck me as exactly the language I wanted to think in [Williamson] |
6863 | Close to conceptual boundaries judgement is too unreliable to give knowledge [Williamson] |
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
6861 | What sort of logic is needed for vague concepts, and what sort of concept of truth? [Williamson] |
10937 | Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami] |
12308 | In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi] |
12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
6860 | How can one discriminate yellow from red, but not the colours in between? [Williamson] |
7439 | The qualities involved in sensations are entirely intentional [Anscombe, by Armstrong] |
12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
12310 | Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi] |