10 ideas
| 10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
| 22752 | Reasoning is impossible without a preconception [Sext.Empiricus] |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 22754 | Saying the good is useful or choiceworth or happiness-creating is not the good, but a feature of it [Sext.Empiricus] |
| 22755 | Like a warming fire, what is good by nature should be good for everyone [Sext.Empiricus] |
| 22756 | If a desire is itself desirable, then we shouldn't desire it, as achieving it destroys it [Sext.Empiricus] |