11 ideas
| 10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
| 10837 | It is part of the concept of truth that we aim at making true statements [Dummett] |
| 10840 | We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game [Dummett] |
| 19171 | Tarski's truth is like rules for winning games, without saying what 'winning' means [Dummett, by Davidson] |
| 10152 | Set theory and logic are fairy tales, but still worth studying [Tarski] |
| 10151 | I am a deeply convinced nominalist [Tarski] |
| 12732 | Some necessary truths are brute, and others derive from final causes [Leibniz] |
| 19438 | Our large perceptions and appetites are made up tiny unconscious fragments [Leibniz] |
| 19415 | Passions reside in confused perceptions [Leibniz] |
| 10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |
| 19439 | God produces possibilities, and thus ideas [Leibniz] |