22 ideas
22234 | Post-structuralism focused on exterior determinants of thought, rather than the thinker [Oksala] |
12596 | Reasoning aims at increasing explanatory coherence [Harman] |
12599 | Reason conservatively: stick to your beliefs, and prefer reasoning that preserves most of them [Harman] |
10779 | A comprehension axiom is 'predicative' if the formula has no bound second-order variables [Linnebo] |
12595 | We have a theory of logic (implication and inconsistency), but not of inference or reasoning [Harman] |
10781 | A 'pure logic' must be ontologically innocent, universal, and without presuppositions [Linnebo] |
12597 | I might accept P and Q as likely, but reject P-and-Q as unlikely [Harman] |
10783 | Plural quantification depends too heavily on combinatorial and set-theoretic considerations [Linnebo] |
10778 | Can second-order logic be ontologically first-order, with all the benefits of second-order? [Linnebo] |
12598 | Reality is the overlap of true complete theories [Harman] |
10782 | The modern concept of an object is rooted in quantificational logic [Linnebo] |
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] |
12601 | The way things look is a relational matter, not an intrinsic matter [Harman] |
12592 | Concepts in thought have content, but not meaning, which requires communication [Harman] |
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] |