7 ideas
13099 | Analysing right down to primitive concepts seems beyond our powers [Leibniz] |
5022 | We hold a proposition true if we are ready to follow it, and can't see any objections [Leibniz] |
22330 | Grice said patterns of use are often semantically irrelevant, because it is a pragmatic matter [Grice, by Glock] |
18045 | Grice's maxim of quality says do not assert what you believe to be false [Grice, by Magidor] |
18044 | Grice's maxim of manner requires one to be as brief as possible [Grice, by Magidor] |
18046 | Grice's maxim of quantity says be sufficiently informative [Grice, by Magidor] |
19414 | Men are related to animals, which are related to plants, then to fossils, and then to the apparently inert [Leibniz] |