11 ideas
12189 | Logical necessity involves a decision about usage, and is non-realist and non-cognitive [Wright,C, by McFetridge] |
9169 | A statement can be metaphysically necessary and epistemologically contingent [Putnam] |
5819 | Conceivability is no proof of possibility [Putnam] |
9168 | I can't distinguish elm trees, but I mean by 'elm' the same set of trees as everybody else [Putnam] |
5820 | 'Water' has an unnoticed indexical component, referring to stuff around here [Putnam] |
7320 | Holism cannot give a coherent account of scientific methodology [Wright,C, by Miller,A] |
9170 | We need to recognise the contribution of society and of the world in determining reference [Putnam] |
5817 | Language is more like a cooperative steamship than an individual hammer [Putnam] |
6853 | Consequentialism wrongly assumes a clear line between an act and its consequences [Crisp,R] |
5818 | If water is H2O in the actual world, there is no possible world where it isn't H2O [Putnam] |
6854 | Does the environment have value in itself? [Crisp,R] |