28 ideas
23657 | The existence of tensed verbs shows that not all truths are necessary truths [Reid] |
12596 | Reasoning aims at increasing explanatory coherence [Harman] |
12599 | Reason conservatively: stick to your beliefs, and prefer reasoning that preserves most of them [Harman] |
23655 | An ad hominem argument is good, if it is shown that the man's principles are inconsistent [Reid] |
12595 | We have a theory of logic (implication and inconsistency), but not of inference or reasoning [Harman] |
12597 | I might accept P and Q as likely, but reject P-and-Q as unlikely [Harman] |
12598 | Reality is the overlap of true complete theories [Harman] |
23659 | If someone denies that he is thinking when he is conscious of it, we can only laugh [Reid] |
23662 | The existence of ideas is no more obvious than the existence of external objects [Reid] |
23661 | We are only aware of other beings through our senses; without that, we are alone in the universe [Reid] |
23654 | In obscure matters the few must lead the many, but the many usually lead in common sense [Reid] |
23660 | The theory of ideas, popular with philosophers, means past existence has to be proved [Reid] |
12602 | There is no natural border between inner and outer [Harman] |
12603 | We can only describe mental attitudes in relation to the external world [Harman] |
23658 | Consciousness is an indefinable and unique operation [Reid] |
12601 | The way things look is a relational matter, not an intrinsic matter [Harman] |
23656 | The structure of languages reveals a uniformity in basic human opinions [Reid] |
12592 | Concepts in thought have content, but not meaning, which requires communication [Harman] |
23653 | If you can't distinguish the features of a complex object, your notion of it would be a muddle [Reid] |
12590 | Take meaning to be use in calculation with concepts, rather than in communication [Harman] |
12593 | The use theory attaches meanings to words, not to sentences [Harman] |
12588 | Meaning from use of thoughts, constructed from concepts, which have a role relating to reality [Harman] |
12589 | Some regard conceptual role semantics as an entirely internal matter [Harman] |
12600 | The content of thought is relations, between mental states, things in the world, and contexts [Harman] |
12594 | If one proposition negates the other, which is the negative one? [Harman] |
12591 | Mastery of a language requires thinking, and not just communication [Harman] |
23663 | There are axioms of taste - such as a general consensus about a beautiful face [Reid] |
22001 | The real will of the cooperative will replace the 'will of the people' [Marx] |