10 ideas
17783 | A number is not a multitude, but a unified ratio between quantities [Newton] |
22518 | The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle] |
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] |
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] |
16566 | Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle] |
5818 | If water is H2O in the actual world, there is no possible world where it isn't H2O [Putnam] |