24 ideas
14092 | Philosophers are often too fussy about words, dismissing perfectly useful ordinary terms [Rosen] |
14100 | Figuring in the definition of a thing doesn't make it a part of that thing [Rosen] |
21544 | It seems that when a proposition is false, something must fail to subsist [Russell] |
21539 | Excluded middle can be stated psychologically, as denial of p implies assertion of not-p [Russell] |
14096 | Explanations fail to be monotonic [Rosen] |
10245 | One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré] |
14097 | Things could be true 'in virtue of' others as relations between truths, or between truths and items [Rosen] |
21538 | If two people perceive the same object, the object of perception can't be in the mind [Russell] |
14095 | Facts are structures of worldly items, rather like sentences, individuated by their ingredients [Rosen] |
21534 | The only thing we can say about relations is that they relate [Russell] |
21540 | Relational propositions seem to be 'about' their terms, rather than about the relation [Russell] |
14093 | An 'intrinsic' property is one that depends on a thing and its parts, and not on its relations [Rosen] |
21536 | When I perceive a melody, I do not perceive the notes as existing [Russell] |
21535 | Objects only exist if they 'occupy' space and time [Russell] |
14094 | The excellent notion of metaphysical 'necessity' cannot be defined [Rosen] |
21533 | Contingency arises from tensed verbs changing the propositions to which they refer [Russell] |
14101 | Are necessary truths rooted in essences, or also in basic grounding laws? [Rosen] |
21537 | I assume we perceive the actual objects, and not their 'presentations' [Russell] |
21532 | Full empiricism is not tenable, but empirical investigation is always essential [Russell] |
21542 | Do incorrect judgements have non-existent, or mental, or external objects? [Russell] |
21541 | The complexity of the content correlates with the complexity of the object [Russell] |
21543 | If p is false, then believing not-p is knowing a truth, so negative propositions must exist [Russell] |
14099 | 'Bachelor' consists in or reduces to 'unmarried' male, but not the other way around [Rosen] |
14098 | An acid is just a proton donor [Rosen] |