41 ideas
20320 | Truth is what unites, and the profound truths create a community [Jaspers] |
9672 | Free logic is one of the few first-order non-classical logics [Priest,G] |
9697 | X1 x X2 x X3... x Xn indicates the 'cartesian product' of those sets [Priest,G] |
9685 | <a,b&62; is a set whose members occur in the order shown [Priest,G] |
9675 | a ∈ X says a is an object in set X; a ∉ X says a is not in X [Priest,G] |
9674 | {x; A(x)} is a set of objects satisfying the condition A(x) [Priest,G] |
9673 | {a1, a2, ...an} indicates that a set comprising just those objects [Priest,G] |
9677 | Φ indicates the empty set, which has no members [Priest,G] |
9676 | {a} is the 'singleton' set of a (not the object a itself) [Priest,G] |
9679 | X⊂Y means set X is a 'proper subset' of set Y [Priest,G] |
9678 | X⊆Y means set X is a 'subset' of set Y [Priest,G] |
9681 | X = Y means the set X equals the set Y [Priest,G] |
9683 | X ∩ Y indicates the 'intersection' of sets X and Y, the objects which are in both sets [Priest,G] |
9682 | X∪Y indicates the 'union' of all the things in sets X and Y [Priest,G] |
9684 | Y - X is the 'relative complement' of X with respect to Y; the things in Y that are not in X [Priest,G] |
9694 | The 'relative complement' is things in the second set not in the first [Priest,G] |
9693 | The 'intersection' of two sets is a set of the things that are in both sets [Priest,G] |
9692 | The 'union' of two sets is a set containing all the things in either of the sets [Priest,G] |
9698 | The 'induction clause' says complex formulas retain the properties of their basic formulas [Priest,G] |
9688 | A 'singleton' is a set with only one member [Priest,G] |
9687 | A 'member' of a set is one of the objects in the set [Priest,G] |
9695 | An 'ordered pair' (or ordered n-tuple) is a set with its members in a particular order [Priest,G] |
9696 | A 'cartesian product' of sets is the set of all the n-tuples with one member in each of the sets [Priest,G] |
9686 | A 'set' is a collection of objects [Priest,G] |
9689 | The 'empty set' or 'null set' has no members [Priest,G] |
9690 | A set is a 'subset' of another set if all of its members are in that set [Priest,G] |
9691 | A 'proper subset' is smaller than the containing set [Priest,G] |
9680 | The empty set Φ is a subset of every set (including itself) [Priest,G] |
20323 | Freedom needs knowledge, the possibility of arbitrariness, and law [Jaspers] |
20322 | I am aware that freedom is possible, and the freedom is not in theory, but in seeking freedom [Jaspers] |
20324 | My freedom increases as I broaden my vision of possiblities and motives [Jaspers] |
6866 | It is disturbing if we become unreal when we die, but if time is unreal, then we remain real after death [Le Poidevin] |
20318 | My helplessness in philosophising reveals my being, and begins its upsurge [Jaspers] |
20321 | The struggle for Existenz is between people who are equals, and are utterly honest [Jaspers] |
20325 | Once we grasp freedom 'from' things, then freedom 'for' things becomes urgent [Jaspers] |
6867 | Existentialism focuses on freedom and self-making, and insertion into the world [Le Poidevin] |
20317 | Mundane existence is general, falling under universals, but Existens is unique to individuals [Jaspers] |
20315 | 'Existenz' is the potential being, which I could have, and ought to have [Jaspers] |
20319 | We want the correct grasp on being that is neither solipsism nor absorption in the crowd [Jaspers] |
20316 | Every decision I make moves towards or away from fulfilled Existenz [Jaspers] |
6865 | A-theory says past, present, future and flow exist; B-theory says this just reports our perspective [Le Poidevin] |