9 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] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
1556 | By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias] |
10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |